Drunk As A Skunk Naked As A Jay Bird: Brits Abroad

by Steve Hopkins

Debauchery, Mayhem and Laughter as Mr & Mrs Joe Public Seek That Special Home In The Sun. True Stories From The Previously Locked Files Of An International Estate Agent. A true Through The Key Hole Account, Chock full of giggles, cringes and laugh out loud moments, A true, no holds barred, insight into the surreal world of international property sales and the antics of both clients and agents. A "total switch off" read, jam packed full of crazy characters and incidents as we follow the crazy antics of property seekers. Experience flying with International Property Agent's Airways “Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking, welcome to International Property Agents Airways. For those of you who haven’t taken advantage of the “Leave Your Brains at the Boarding Gate Boxes” please leave your intelligence, commonsense, marital status and morals in the pocket of the seat in front of you to be collected on your return journey. Hold onto your hats and get ready to experience the flight of a lifetime. Our plane will be ready for takeoff as soon as the first officer can get an engine or two to start.." Please ignore any black smoke, flames or bits falling off as we take off. This is normal for this old girl. Welcome To My World……. As an International property agent, I’m a tour guide, marriage councilor, baby sitter, lawyer, translator, confident, bail agent, bodyguard and many more occupations and services too numerous to list here. Join me in this true romp through the world of international property inspection weekends. Four day excursions with attitude and a lot of laughs. The captain has managed to start one engine, so climb aboard fasten your seat belts and let's activate our chuckle muscles . The Latest Reviews. I really did not want to get to the end of this book, as Steve really sets the mood for what his job was like and the characters he met, or sold property to, sad to get to the end of the book as I found every page a different adventure/ story. Get writing the next one Steve. I found this book to be a good entertaining read. I could picture the characters and the antics they got up to. On several occasions I laughed out loud. Steve must have had the patience of a saint and the hide of a rhinoceros. This book is great, it's a brilliant refreshing read about how frankly embarrassing we brits can be abroad. Would recommend this to anyone, it's very funny! An enjoyable & funny read. Have always loved going to Spain & it took me back to those golden years of property buying with a smile on my face. Great characters, looking forward to the sequel.

190 pages, Paperback

First published February 12, 2013

Reviews

[Duncan · Rating 4 out of 5]

half a dozen takes from the authors days taking clients from the UK to Spain, selling properties back in the good old days before the market collapsed.
I found it an enjoyable, humorous read though just a few typos and spelling errors detract slightly. The authors choice to split each episode into several sections and spread them through the book does nothing to enhance it either. Nevertheless it's well worth a read.