cover image A Year in Provence

A Year in Provence

Peter Mayle. Vintage Books USA, $13.95 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-679-73114-6

An account of the author's first frustrating but enlightening year in Provence opens with a memorable New Year's lunch and closes with an impromptu Christmas dinner. ``In nimble prose, Mayle . . . captures the humorous aspects of visits to markets, vineyards and goat races, and hunting for mushrooms,'' said PW. Author tour. Illustrated. (May)