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A Brit’s Hilarious Misadventures in Spain

When times are hard – what you really need is deep,  shuddering belly laughs!  And few people will have you exploding into fits of delighted laughter more than Nick.

After all…

Who else could take over his wife’s English conversational  class and end up in a detailed discussion about his
recent sperm count…

Or…

Leave a collapsing television studio, unwittingly disgraced – to the hilarity of the local population …

And…

Who else could possibly find his pornographic DVD  scudding across the floor of a busy cafe and then, somehow,
get away with convincing the Spanish clientele that it was his wife’s?

Only Nick…

Who finally reveals to the world the real reason why there are so many Britons in Spain and the hopeless truth
behind international sexual politics.

Fighting a fierce rear guard action, Nick somehow survives in the family home, appropriately named Casa Desolada,
whilst finding himself competing with his Alsation for affection.

Meanwhile, his salacious ambitions to be close to topless beach beauties is thwarted by a wife exasperated by a
swimming pool that has become a lethal cauldron and a villa close to collapse.

Ever daunted by the fragile finances of Case Desolada – made more perilous by his wife’s epic shopping expeditions
- Nick fruitlessly attempts to find gainful work.  But, was it really a good idea to become a wine merchant when he could not tell the difference between a bottle of Lea and Perrins sauce and a fine Rioja?

Lurching hilariously from one crisis to another, Nick brings a whole new meaning to life as an ex-patriot in Spain…

Acclaimed as “a side-splitting account of life in Spain” by the ‘funniest writer in Spain’, Nick’s misfortunes will bring tears of laughter to your eyes.

“What an adventure!” says, Nick, “a crazy, wonderful, rollercoaster ride that has been such raw, terrific fun!”

Nick, when not banned from the premises, lives with his wife and two children in the Valencian mountains close to a tiny pueblo fascinated, and frequently alarmed, by their eccentric British neighbours. “I think the villagers now
have a different perspective about the British,” says Nick ruefully.  “But, at least they can see we have a sense of humour!”

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“Taking The Heat” ISBN 1-905430-46-9 by Nick Snelling is available to buy from Amazon, Bookworld Espana and all good bookshops from December 2008.

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WEBSITE LINKS

Publisher’s Website:
http://www.leanmarketingpress.com

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http://www.nativespain.com

Sales pages and book preview on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1905430469
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1905430469/ref=nosim

PRAISE FOR TAKING THE HEAT

“A Brysonesque take on the lot of the beleaguered expat.”
- Theresa O’Shea, co-author of ‘In the Garlic’

“A side-splitting account of life in Spain.”
- The Xpat Magazine

“This book is ‘Just William’ in long trousers! Do read it.”
- Herbert Wise, Director ‘Morse’ & ‘A Touch of Frost’

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BOOK SUMMARY

‘High in the Spanish mountains, life at Casa Desolada is nothing if not fraught. Embattled and bemused, Nick Snelling, ex-soldier, antiques dealer, legal executive, author, and equity trader has finally become an ex-patriot. A doomed romantic, Nick lurches from the shortest TV career in media history to a disastrous attempt at becoming a wine merchant of fine Riojas.  Along the way, he battles sex obsessed English language pupils, lethal barbecues, the temptation of topless beach beauties, the mysteries of Iberian building and the ultimate peril of a wife ruinously seduced by Spanish shopping. Meanwhile, Nick’s vain attempts to impose Spanish patriarchal machismo upon his family repeatedly back-fire…’

ARTICLES

Nick is an experienced writer and journalist who has reported extensively on Spain and is happy to provide free
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