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Why the French Hate Us - Campbell Mattinson
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Campbell Mattinson Why the French Hate Us
This a book you can sit down and read. It's more a collection of short stories about wine, Campbell's (sometimes hilarious, other times evocative and poignant) experiences with it, of wine characters he has met, plus a selection of reviews of outstanding Australian wines and wineries, all written in Campbell's frank and conversational (and indeed very Australian) style. >
We asked Campbell about the title. Sure, the theme of Antipodean envy runs throughout the book, but hate is a strong word. Gallic disdain, perhaps? His reply: 'It was suggested to me. Clearly it's a love it or hate it title'. (Pardon the pun, presumably). 'I can live with that. I canvassed about 25 people before settling on it, and it was 20 passionately in favour and 5 passionately against.' (I'm in the latter camp - Ed.)
Whatever your opinion, when someone has the guts to self-publish, or again in Campbell's words: 'I wrote it, desktop published it, did the cover, input corrections, my wife edited it, and I took it through the print process ... and will pay for the print process', then they sure have the right to pick their own title, too.
Well done, Campbell. This book should be on the shelves of all Australian wine lovers, and will in our opinion become a much-referred-to collector's item.
Robyn Lewis, Editor
Hardie Grant distribute Why the French Hate Us, which you can buy online at 12.5% subscriber's only discount here. (It will be posted to you from our book partners Seekbooks).
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