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Perking The Pansies - Jack And Liam Move To Turkey (2011)

by Jack Scott(Favorite Author)

4.64 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1904881645 (ISBN13: 9781904881643)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Summertime Publishing

review 1: This book will appeal to all types of people. Lovers of Turkey will enjoy the colourful description of the place and the people; gay men will empathise with the experiences and the feelings expressed; expats will smile and nod their heads sagely at the description of other expats and the description of the highs and lows of expatriate life. Perking the pansies is an easy read, very descriptive, it will make you smile in places and bring a tear to your eyes in others. It is an accurate description of the culture shock experienced by most ex pats, when the dream becomes reality and the hassles and challenges of living overseas in a different culture, with a different language kick in. I enjoyed this book, and it made me, as a fellow expat realise that I was not alone in my e... morexperiences and feelings.
review 2: Diamonds are no longer a girl’s best friend. After reading Perking the Pansies, I now know for sure it’s gay men. Sort of learned this earlier in life when I was living in Greece in the eighties, working as a tour leader, blonde, 20 and single.To escape the relentless “kamaki” of the Greek men, I would spend much of my time with male, mostly gay, colleges from the tourist industry and as a direct result, mostly in gay bars. In many of them I was the only woman, except for the one time when I got offered a drink by a female american tourleader, whom I thought was there for the same reason as I was. My gay friends slapped their knees and couldnt stop laughing and yet it was the most loving protective mockery. For gay guys know a lot about women. They understand why she says something else than she thinks.What makes gay men 'different' is that they are often more observant, with an eye for a wide range of emotions ranging from suffering to humor (or a combination of the two)Its this pleasure, I got out of reading "perking the pansies".It’s vulnerable, hilarious, insightful and made me feel at home to an extend where I felt I was on a holiday in Turkey staying with Jack and Liam.Even the goodbye at the end of the book was tearful, for I could have read another volume of their adventures and stay on longer. A unique book. less

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