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I love Peter Mayle's books for their flying skills - reading his stories put me in the sunny south of France: the land of good food, good wine and the time that it is almost as good as what we enjoy here in California; ^). Along the way you can (to be treated Chasing Cezanne), stories of corporate intrigue and a well-planned bank robbery (Hotel Pastis), shady deals in the world of truffles (Anything considered), double features and a double game in the world of 'or look at artThe folly and greed of high-end boutique wines (A Good Year).

In "The Vintage Caper" the environment that Mr. Mayle is exploring, selfishness, greed and snobbery of wine collectors at high prices. With the spectacular cellar entertainment industry LA millionaire lawyer Danny Roth drew more valuable bottles, its insurance carrier lawyer-turned-PI Sam Levitt puts on the body. Levitt, sent by Madame Costes, an insurance agent says the French trés attrayant 'specializing in wine, feeling bad - and the bottles, travel from Paris to Bordeaux, Marseille and then in the course of its investigation. During his travels and issues the reader a taste trip report that the joy was, but the caper aspect of the story falls a little 'flat.

There are some plot and dream a little 'difficult double-entry bookkeeping on the side of good, but I came away with the feeling that the solution of the crime came onlya bit 'too easy. It 's like Lord of Mayle started with a great idea, but not by a path, you have to turn, add a bit' more complexity and think about throwing a few stumbling blocks on the path of the protagonist - has a sticky with a body just wrapped up quickly and went to lunch.

As a tribute to the wine food, and the French campaign - and especially as a stand-up-and-dust-off of Marseille, the port city often maligned where France meets the Mediterranean worldand North Africa, this book succeeds, and is a fun, easy to read. As a caper story, a light-hearted caper Maylesian, falls short of the mark.

The Vintage Caper Overview

Set in Hollywood, Paris, Bordeaux, and Marseille, Peter Mayle’s newest and most delightful novel is filled with culinary delights, sumptuous wines, and colorful characters. It’s also a lot of fun.

The story begins high above Los Angeles, at the extravagant home and equally impressive wine cellar of entertainment lawyer Danny Roth. Unfortunately, after inviting the Los Angeles Times to write an extensive profile extolling the liquid treasures of his collection, Roth finds himself the victim of a world-class wine heist.

Enter Sam Levitt, former corporate lawyer, cultivated crime expert, and wine connoisseur. Called in by Roth’s insurance company, which is now saddled with a multimillion-dollar claim, Sam follows his leads—to Bordeaux and its magnificent vineyards, and to Provence to meet an eccentric billionaire collector who might possibly have an interest in the stolen wines. Along the way, bien sûr, he is joined by a beautiful and erudite French colleague, and together they navigate many a château, pausing frequently to enjoy the countryside’s abundant pleasures.

The unraveling of the ingenious crime is threaded through with Mayle’s seductive rendering of France’s sensory delights—from a fine Lynch-Bages and Léoville Barton to the bouillabaisse of Marseille and the young lamb of Bordeaux. Even the most sophisticated of oenophiles will learn a thing or two from this vintage work by a beloved author.


From the Hardcover edition.

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