Road to Rouen
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4.1 • 18 Ratings
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
Ben Hatch is on the road again. Commissioned to write a guidebook about France (despite not speaking any French) he sets off with visions of relaxing chateaux and refined dining.
Ten thousand miles later his family's been attacked by a donkey, had a run-in with a death-cult and, after a near drowning and a calamitous wedding experience involving a British spy, his own marriage is in jeopardy. A combination of obsessions about mosquitoes, French gravel and vegetable theme parks mean it's a bumpy ride as Ben takes a stand against tyrannical French pool attendants, finds himself running with the bulls in Pamplona and almost starring in a snuff movie after a near fatal decision to climb into a millionaire's Chevrolet Blazer.
Funny and poignant, Road to Rouen asks important questions about life, marriage and whether it's ever acceptable to tape baguette to your children's legs to smuggle lunch into Disneyland Paris.
Customer Reviews
Great reading
Loved it. Entertaining and funny. Loves, life n dramas :-)
Pageturner to cheer you up when you are feeling low !!
Festive holiday with your family can be the nightmare during Christmas with your mother telling you off (I'm 55) ; shushing your teenage children when they say anything controversial or ungrateful; opening useless presents etc this year was made quite bearable by one gift from a close friend - Ben Hatch's book. I could relate to it as an older single parent living in Brighton who has travelled a bit too and I sniggered to myself each night and it was the highlight for me of the obligatory visit to relatives. Ben is wry, (need to keep a close eye on the predictor text as that came out as wet) ; sardonic; childlike/ish; a great dad; very funny and a great find. I have been converted to reading all books and newspapers on my phone but being given a book as a present was a real treat and reminded me that a real book makes a better present than a download anytime!! Joanna, Rottingdean
Road to Rouen
Read this book in fits of laughter, felt the highs and lows..and hope never to drive near the Arc de Triomphe. Know very well the September blues...great book!