
Le Jardin De Machiavelcultiver Son Jardin Avec Les Grands Écrivains
Mark Crick
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Twelve great authors offer their top tips on gardening, from Sylvia Plaths struggles with autumn bulbs, to J. D. Salingers helpful hints on growing from seed. In Cormac McCarthys hands a landowners trip to the potting shed becomes a right ofMoreTwelve great authors offer their top tips on gardening, from Sylvia Plaths struggles with autumn bulbs, to J. D. Salingers helpful hints on growing from seed. In Cormac McCarthys hands a landowners trip to the potting shed becomes a right of passage from which he will return transformed. Zolas striking miner finds life on the allotment more brutal and short than anything he imagined at the coal face. Carvers anti-hero plants up a neglected hanging basket in a doomed attempt to repair his relationship with his wife. And Wodehouses hero, anticipating a visit from his aunt, realizes that the right choice of house plant may well save him from the ignominy of marriage. Inspired, botanically accurate and utterly hilarious, Machiavellis Lawn will appeal to green-fingered book lovers everywhere. | |||