About this title: There's bad news these days for Calvin Trillin fans--he's about to skip town and he's taking Alice and the girls with him. The good news--you're going too.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ticknor & Fields
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780899199108ISBN:0899199100
Description: Good in Good jacket. BOMC/Book Club. Used hardcover with dust jacket. Both are in good condition with light wear to dust jacket. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Avon Books, Inc., New York
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780380712090ISBN:0380712091
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Dining. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book: Very Good. Minor wear. No jacket. Soft cover. 195 pages clean and bright, binding tight. "I might have seen more of America when I was a child if I hadn't had to spend so much of my time protecting my half of the back seat from incursions by my sister, Sukey..." read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ticknor & Fields
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780899199108ISBN:0899199100
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ticknor & Fields
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780899199108ISBN:0899199100
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: TICKNOR & FIELDS
Date Published: 1989
Description: A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
"I found this book in a "to be sorted" box of my sister Alice. For a 20 year old little travel memoir written for his beloved wife Alice, Calvin Trillin delights with his witty and urbane narratives of some of their favorite destination spots. While others might wear themselves out seeing all the sights in Provence or Capri, the Trillons and their travel friends find the best cafes to enjoy pommes frites among other delights and people watch. I have some new destinations on my bucket list after reading this book. It was also fun to read it knowing that my mother had chosen it and read it first before giving it as a gift. Boy, was she clever "back in the day"........."
"I enjoyed this. The first book I've read by Calvin Trillin. He seems like a nice ordinary guy who is just silly and friendly enough to be someone you'd like and someone you'd like to read."
"A very pleasant book, except for the last part about his wife's super expensive birthdays. A series of very loosely connected travel essays about Europe and the British Caribbean, it is like Paul Theroux light for the well healed upper middle class. Or for readers who like travel books but don't want to be troubled with history, insights, or the people who live in the visited countries."
"I want to hang out with Calvin. His idea of a special trip is a tour of Renowned Neighborhood Taverns of the Industrial Midwest. But because he loved (LOVED) his wife Alice, they went on special trips to Italian gardens, French villages and Caribbean islands, and ate everything in sight. Calvin appreciates taureaux piscine on a higher level than most people. This was a library book, but I need to own it, in case of emergency."
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