This book came highly recommended from a couple of friends and I have been meaning to read it for quite a while now, probably ever since I moved to Spain four and a half years ago. I found a copy in Spanish at a used book sale (1Euro!) so the matter was settled. I have to say that it was slow reading and not because I had any problem with the Spanish, it is just slow reading. He doesn't have to much to say about Spanish life as he is in the middle of nowhere and interacting with few people. The author does have a good sense of humor, however. Not really ha-ha funny but humorous. He also has an unsentimental eye towards his subjects which seems more realistic than most travel writing which paints everyone like something out of a big book of cultural stereotypes.

I think that most people read this book because it is billed as being authored by the ex drummer for Genesis, as if that is any reason to read a book. He wasn't really their drummer, not for any meaningful period of time and I don't think he ever recorded with the group, at least not any LPs. He seems like a cool guy as you learn in the story. Good enough for me. He makes me want to go to Alpujarras. I'd like to have a glass of wine with him and swap stories. I have a few myself about life in Spain.