Book description
Meet Arnold Trevellyan - charismatic, exuberant and somewhat strange.
His love of mushrooms is matched only by a passion for Flora, his wife
of twelve years. One day, while searching for mushrooms, Arnold makes a
wondrous discovery that will turn his world upside down. He abandons
Flora and heads to the South Pacific where he finds himself marrying the
queen of the remote tropical island.
But all is not as it seems in Arnold’s idyllic realm. In a series of
cassettes to his oldest friend, he reveals that he is trapped in an
international conspiracy in which mushrooms hold the key to life or
death.
Funny, tragic and intensely moving, According to Arnold
is essential reading for all women who think they know their partner -
and all men who think the grass is greener elsewhere. Giles Milton is
the author of one novel, Edward Trencom's Nose
, and
six works of bestselling narrative non-fiction, including Nathaniel's Nutmeg
, Samurai William
, Big Chief Elizabeth
, White Gold
and The Week the World Forgot
. He lives in London with his wife and daughters.
