A few weeks ago, while looking for titles to buy for my e-reader (I'm stocking up because we are off on a trip again) I came across Simon's post on Love in the Sun by Leo Walmsley. It is described as a novel and the subject matter sounded right up my street, so I ordered it. When I started reading I was confused because it felt like non fiction: very little plot and endless technical details of doing up a house and a boat. After reading articles on the website of the Leo Walmsley Society I understood it was a thinly disguised autobiography. It is the story of a young man and woman with very little money who hire an old hut near a Cornwall village. They do up the house, create a garden and manage to scrape a living. That's the basic story, really! I found it very entertaining. Simon mentioned there are sequels, so I will look out for them too.
And yes, while the books were meant to read on holiday I have already read four of them, so I will have to find some more. Anyone else find it hard to resist the temptation of a new book?
