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The Man Who Broke Out of the Bank and Went for a Walk across France

The Man Who Broke Out of the Bank and Went for a Walk across France

by Miles Morland (Author)

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    Paperback 2016

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Synopsis

After twenty-two years spend Shouting Down a Phone, Miles Morland gave up his highly paid City job and walked across France with his wife. With no plans for the future, and used to walking no further than the distance between a restaurant and a waiting taxi, they set off to walk from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, through the foothills of the Pyrenees. The Man Who Broke Out of the Bank is an enormously entertaining account of the pleasures and frequent agonies of walking twenty miles a day in search of a long lunch in the shade of a plane tree. Looking back with relief and hilarity on the life he has escaped, Miles Morland wonders whether his recent remarriage to Guislaine will survive the abrupt change of lifestyle and a 350-mile walk ... Many people dream of doing what Miles Morland did. His book shows not only that it is possible but that the rewards can be immeasurable.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Published: 02 Jun 2016
ISBN 10: 1408872986
ISBN 13: 9781408872987
Book Overview: Witty and beguiling, this Sunday Times bestselling memoir chronicles the hilarious and inspirational adventures of a man who escaped a career in finance to walk across France

Media Reviews
Hugely enjoyable * Sunday Express *
Better than Peter Mayle ... extremely funny * Financial Times *
This is the very opposite of a misery memoir. A merriment memoir, maybe? Whatever we call it there should be more of them ... A delightful book, sunny, non-judgmental and as cheering as a long lunch in good company on a warm summer's day * Daily Mail on Cobra in the Bath *
An outrageously beguiling voyage through life - full of empire, ecstasy, humour and sadness. His wanderlust embraces some worlds I've visited as a reporter, but have never captured as he has -- Jon Snow on Cobra in the Bath
He has a fund of good stories, and tells them well * Daily Telegraph on Cobra in the Bath *
Easy Rider in a pinstripe suit, Miles Morland delivers a breathtaking roller-coaster of an adrenaline-fuelled life story - I was with him every inch of the way! -- Elisabeth Luard on Cobra in the Bath
Dangerous and hilarious * Vogue on Cobra in the Bath *
Author Bio
Miles Morland was born in India and grew up all over the place. He overcame a conventional background to lead a life of often absurd adventure. First published in 1992, The Man Who Broke Out of the Bank was a Sunday Times bestseller. In 2015 Bloomsbury published Cobra in the Bath, a memoir of Miles' subsequent far-flung travels. Miles lives on a boat in London.