ASIN: B004VFP47E
Publisher: Joe Cawley
Pages: 282
A laugh-out-loud, heartwarming memoir.**Winner of ‘Best Travel Narrative’ by the British Guild of Travel Writers.**"If you only buy one book this year... get this.""Probably the best book I have read this millenium.""Fantastic, hilarious, painful. Completely un-put-downable!"Childhood sweethearts, Joe and Joy are broke and bored. They’re also tired of smelling of fish.When offered the chance to escape from the dreary market stalls of England to run a bar on a sub-tropical island, they recklessly jump at the opportunity - despite their spectacular lack of experience.In Tenerife, dreams of a better life overseas are soon crushed by mini-mafias, East European prostitutes and biblical-grade cockroach infestations.Joe and Joy's foreign fantasy turns into a nightmare as they find themselves trapped with a failing bar in a foreign land, pandering to a bar full of oddball expats while trying to ...
