French Letters

GEORGE EAST has enjoyed a diverse career path which includes pickled onion manufacturer, private detective, night club bouncer and (under his wife's name) seamstress. The only professional bed-tester in history, in his eventful spell as a publican he won the title of Worst Landlord in Britain for two consecutive years. George and his long-suffering wife Donella now live and travel in France and in England as the author gathers material for new books and concentrates on his quests to discover the 'True Meaning of Life' while eating, drinking and going down the pub...

La Puce and the Mill of the Flea; Author's Note; The story so far; Singing for England; Eyes Down for a Full House; On The Waterfront; Pension Plan; Close Encounters; Animal Crackers; A night on the Town; Speaking in Tongues; Selling Out; Wet, Wet, Wet; Friends and Neighbours; Called to the Bar; On the Road; Meet the Ancestors; Eating In; Eating Out; Shopping Around; Rain Gods; Educating Rita; After the Fox; Visiting Times; Tour de Force; Epilogue.