Madeira
The Floating Dungheap
Published on 22. June 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
212 pages
978-1-4120-7828-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book is the first to reveal the dark underbelly of the floating garden of Madeira, written by an Englishman who spent five years there - corruption, incest and guns in the night.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Victoria
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
352 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4120-7828-3 (9781412078283)
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Person
Peter Roy was born in 1939 in Chatham, England; parents an itinerant fishmonger and a melancholic.
After surviving thirteen diverse schools he was apprenticed at 16 to a Dickensian accountant. Upon qualification as a Chartered Accountant Peter worked mainly in the advertising and entertainment industries.
At 58, he decided to try for a better quality of life by moving, lock stock and barrel, to the beautiful island of Madeira.
He now lives in New South Wales, Australia.