Anything Considered
An English expatriate living in France, Bennett is hired by Julian Poe, an entrepreneur out to corner the lucrative truffle market, and finds himself coping with underworld crime, the gorgeous Anna, village busybodies, and an unusual order of monks
Read More
Bennett, an English expatriate living in France, has champagne tastes and a vin ordinaire bankroll. He has abandoned a successful career and found an ideal village to idle in. But a business scheme fails to work out, and he finds himself broke.Not a man to be downhearted, he places an advertisement in the International Herald Tribune volunteering his services - any services, anything considered. The most attractive response comes from a rich Englishman named Julian Poe who has developed a means of producing superb truffles and is close to cornering the immensely lucrative truffle market.Bennett signs on and - bliss! - he finds himself in Monaco and able to live in a style to which he has wished to become accustomed (including eating to and beyond his heart's content). He is joined there by the beautiful and experienced (in all ways) Anna, a New Yorker who has put in time in the Israeli army.But soon - sniffing the financial potential of the truffle - Sicilian and Corsican Mafiosi intrude. Life gets somewhat hectic. Ham-fisted goons, gendarmes working at cross-purposes, French village busybodies, and an order of monks dedicated to the god Bacchus all play a role in a surprising and much more than slightly satisfying denouement.
Read Less