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A Good Year

The movie A Good Year was based on the book A Good Year.

Which one did you like better, the movie or the book?  There are 6 votes for the book, and 5 votes for the movie.

Movie details for A Good Year

The movie was released in 2006 and directed by Ridley Scott, who also directed Blade Runner (1982), Cold Heaven (1991), White Squall (1996), Heaven (1998), Black Hawk Down (2001) and Matchstick Men (2003). More information on the movie is available on Amazon.com and also IMDb.

Actors on this movie include Mitchell Mullen, Russell Crowe, Marion Cotillard, Albert Finney, Tom Hollander, Didier Bourdon, Giannina Facio, Darren Richardson, Jean-Michel Richaud, Hélène Cardona, Ben Righton, Richard Coyle, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Suzy Kewer, Abbie Cornish, Archie Panjabi, Freddie Highmore, Gregg Chillin and Isabelle Candelier.

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Book details for A Good Year

A Good Year was written by Peter Mayle. The book was published in 2003 by Vintage. More information on the book is available on Amazon.com.

 

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From Peter Mayle, a wonderful new novel steeped in wine—and the business of wine?and set in, bien sûr, Provence. Max Skinner is not exactly setting the London financial world on fire?and when his supervisor steals his biggest client, it’s ... Read More
From Peter Mayle, a wonderful new novel steeped in wine—and the business of wine?and set in, bien sûr, Provence.

Max Skinner is not exactly setting the London financial world on fire?and when his supervisor steals his biggest client, it’s definitely time to inspect the vineyard in Provence that his recently departed uncle left him. Heartily and happily distracted upon his arrival by the landscape, the weather, and the food?not to mention the gorgeous notaire handling the estate and the stunning owner of the local bistro?Max almost forgets about his inherited property.

Which might have been a good idea, because the wine produced there is swill. But then why, Max has to wonder, is his caretaker so anxious to acquire the land? When a beautiful young woman from California arrives with what might be a legitimate claim on the estate, and knowledge of vineyards that far outstrips Max’s own, the plot begins its twists and turns into and out of truly wonderful complications and resolutions.

This is luscious reading?soothing us with the sensual wonders of Provence while it tells a fascinating tale of the hugely lucrative and competitive boutique-wine trade. It is Peter Mayle’s most satisfying, most delectable novel yet.


From the Hardcover edition.