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The Marseille Caper (2012)

by Peter Mayle(Favorite Author)

3.14 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

030759419X (ISBN13: 9780307594198)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Knopf

series

Sam Levitt

review 1: I think I've read all of Peter Mayle's books, and I really like all of them even though they are very lite. I even liked the book about the bakery. This is another wonderfully silly and stylish caper. If it were written in the 1960s it would be turned into a film with Audrey Hepburn, but since it was written in the early 21st c, Mayle seems to have had George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez in his mind as he was writing. Yum.There are giant plot holes but we're not looking for perfect plotting from Peter Mayle. We're looking for style and a feeling of being transported to a warmer, more beautiful, more glamorous world, and he really comes through in this newest book. It's like reading a really good issue of W magazine, with the delicious descriptions of style and restaurants an... mored sharp insights into people in the Glam World. I liked it a lot. At one point he describes a tiny restaurant in Marseilles that serves nothing but steak, with or without fries — but it's the best steak you've ever had, in the most beautiful chic little setting, This book is just like that. It's not a world-class restaurant, it's a slim little slice of delicious and delightful.
review 2: To be honest, I had only ever read Peter Mayle's "travel" books; A Year in Provence, Encore Provence, Toujour Provence... and my favorite, French Lessons: Adventure with Fork, Knife and Corkscrew. So when I saw The Marseille Caper, I was intrigued.One can definitely hear the same voice in this book that we hear telling us tales of truffles and frog legs, which isn't bad. It just makes a mystery novel a little less intense. The scenes about restaurants and travel have the most flair and depth. The portions of the book that deal with intrigue are less developed and lack intensity.I would definitely suggest this book to someone who enjoys "light" mystery. less

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