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
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780349108575
Number of pages: 256
Dimensions: 198 x 126 x 15 mm
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 a Spain that is becoming ever harder to find - SUNDAY TIMES
Witty and knowledgeable ... fascinating - THE TIMES
Fascinating ... The really amazing thing about Spain is that it continues to stimulate people into writing books as interesting as this - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
He knows stuff about Spain we fly-by-nights can only guess at - GUARDIAN
Puckish, witty, casually erudite ... delivers acute and sharply observed portraits of both people and places - TLS
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