Our Lady of the Sewers: And Other Adventures in Deep Spain

By Paul Richardson

Book Overview

Paul Richardson's mission - 'to sieve out the ancient, perverse and eccentric from the new, nice and normal' - took him from coastal plain to mountainous peak. It also took him, often, by surprise. From ritual pig killings to wood-chopping competitions, from an alchemist who eats stone, to pilgrimages in the name of obscure Virgins, his journey into deep Spain is captivating, often hilarious, sometimes surprising - and always highly illuminating. 'Richardson writes vividly about some of the wilder characters he meets ... read OUR LADY OF THE SEWERS if you want a glimpse of the surviving truth behind tour-operator cliches, and for a view of Spain that is becoming ever harder to find' SUNDAY TIMES 'Puckish, witty, casually erudite . delivers acute and sharply observed portraits of both people and places' TLS

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0349108579
• ISBN13: 9780349108575
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.6" x 0.7" x 5.0"