French Flea Bites: 4 (Mill of the Flea) - Softcover

Funny, clever, often poignant and always hugely entertaining. Above all, so true about life and people anywhere on the planet. Living France Magazine As ever, Mr East has given us his beautifully idiosyncratic view of life in rural France. As ever, it is very, very funny and throughout achingly true. For those (like we French) with the ability to understand that observation is much more important than actuality, this is another masterclass in humanity... Brittany Journal

Number four in the series, French Flea Bites covers another eventful year for our hero and his wife as they stumble knee-deep through the rice pudding of their lives in darkest rural Normandy and at the Mill of the Flea. This episode introduces another galaxy of weird characters and situation - and a number of distinctly distinctive recipes, such as the favourite dishes of an (alleged) Ancient Egyptian god and his travelling companion! Also includes a man who believes he died in 1979, a cat who becomes a werewolf at full moon and a plan to turn a farmyard compost heap into Nehou's answer to the Millennium Dome. As we join the Easts at the start of a new century, all is obviously 'normale' at the Mill of the Flea...