A Very Peruvian Practice: Travels With La Senora - John Lane

For some time I had seen this book in the travel section in my local Waterstones (I'm quite often found there, if you ever need to track me down!) while perusing the "three for two" offer. I had, in fact, several times been just about to include this book in my selection but each time thought better of it. I was delighted, then , when I saw John Lane's "A Very Peruvian Practice" in my local library - I knew there was some as yet unidentified reason stopping me from making a purchase so it would be much better to read the book for nothing. How right I was to wait! I cannot recall feeling so let ... more

Can Peru be any where near as funny and fascinating as the book? If so, I cant wait to go. It is interesting to see how the spanishness comes over (We live high in the mountains in Spain so have first hand knowledge of it - our neighbours, sadly, not being gloriously eccentric but endearing like La Senora but unnervingly like her workforce), The book us full of humour, laugh out loud stuff, but it does not shove the truth under one of La Senora's ethinic rugs. Peru's political system does need overseeing by the first world; it does need advice on investment and economic strategy; there is much ... more