Book description
When the spoilt and haughty Dona Constanza tries to divert a river to
fill her swimming pool, she starts a running battle with the locals.
The skirmishes are so severe that the Government dispatches a squadron
of soldiers led by the fat, brutal and stupid Figueras to deal with them.
Despite visiting plagues of laughing fits and giant cats upon the
troops, the villagers know that to escape the cruel and unusual
tortures planned for them, they must run. Thus they plan to head for
the mountains and start a new and convivial civilisation.
Louis de Bernières is the best-selling author of
Captain
Corelli's Mandolin
. His most recent works are
A Partisan's Daughter
and
Notwithstanding
.
