![]() ![]() Even though he has a wonderful, loving, younger, second, 'trophy' wife, he wants more and more. But Maurice has bigger issues than theirs for one, his non-stop drinking, becoming more and more pronounced as his day wears on. In fact, were it not for the circumstances within its pages, this novel could just as well be the memoir of a brilliant man whose avocation of preparing meals, tending bar, purchasing wine and sundries, and entertaining guests would fit nicely on a shelf with memoirs, say, from Elizabeth Gilbert or Francis Mayles. ![]() The Green Man describes, in beautifully delineated prose, his workday in loving detail, as he manages the 17th century hotel he owns on the outskirts of Cambridge. Maurice Allingham, a 1960's Englishman to the core, is one busy man. ![]()
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