Chasing Cezanne: A Novel
by Peter Mayle
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Read in January, 2006
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Idiots in grocery stores
After reading only literary fiction, it is nice to get some contrast with something more mainstream like this book. I would go into the numerous faults in this novel, which cares more about the meals its characters eat than their psychology, but that would be like picking apart the mise-en-scène in the Jackass films: this is a book that's never meant to be read in such a harsh light. I also have a hard time deciding whether it's heartening or depressing that such trash is so successful i...more
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Honestly, it was silly. I expected better of the renowned travel writer.
Typical elements involved: Fashionable New York living, trips to Paris, fancy meals and drinks, falling in love with a beautiful woman, rich & sympathetic patron, nasty bad guys, somehow invincible good guys, art theft using a local delivery van.
Unusual elements: The narrative switched viewpoints among nearly all the characters involved, so we know what's going on in everyone's heads. ... and that's all I can ...more
Typical elements involved: Fashionable New York living, trips to Paris, fancy meals and drinks, falling in love with a beautiful woman, rich & sympathetic patron, nasty bad guys, somehow invincible good guys, art theft using a local delivery van.
Unusual elements: The narrative switched viewpoints among nearly all the characters involved, so we know what's going on in everyone's heads. ... and that's all I can ...more
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Read in January, 2008
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Good plane or beach book
I adored the three book series that Peter Mayle wrote about Provence (starting with 'A Year in Provence'. That may be why I was a little disappointed in this one. 'Chasing Cezanne' is a light, fun read but it doesn't have a lot of substance and it doesn't have the charm or the Provence series. I was looking forward to more of his delightful descriptions of French food, wine and life but there wasn't much of it in this book.
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someone looking for a fun and light read
this is an EXCELLENT vacation book. i actually got it from my aunt when i visited her in california one summer in high school. its a fun mystery story about the theft of a famous painting by cezanne. the book is set mainly in france and involves action, adventure, rich people, forgeries, a crazy ex-French legionnaire who likes shooting at people, and drinking. all in all, this book= fluffy fabulousness.
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Read in January, 2006
I actually recently began to re-read this book, but it turns out that I've read it so many times I practically have it memorized. It's not that it's an earth-shakingly good novel, but that it's so much fun to read. There is a weak James-Bond-style plot, a little romance, and lots of yummy descriptions of food and the French countryside (as you might expect from Mayle). Pleasurable read.
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Read in December, 2007
I liked the characters and the plot was enjoyable. However the entire book seemed to be building up for a big and exciting finale which it in no way delivered. He really seemed to run out of steam in the end.
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Read in August, 2007
It was a pretty funny book, nothing too mentally or emotionally challenging, but I liked it for a good summer read. I did laugh out loud a few times, so that's always good.
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I mostly just thought this was kind of silly. The plot was weak, the characters so-so. Entertaining, but just fluff really.
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Read in February, 2003
A caper involving a genuine & forged paintings through New York & France. Amusing, Peter Sellers type of farce.
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Read in January, 2007
Could have been a fun book but was ruined by a silly love interest...as per usual...
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Such a fun read...just like most of Peter Mayle's books.
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