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"Max Skinner is a man at the heart of London's financial universe. He works for the notorious Lawton Brothers at the top end of Threadneedle Street, and his is a life of long hours and fierce competition with Amis, his nemesis and boss. It is a rivalry that continues until the day Max finds the Lawton Brothers doing a little asset-stripping of their own. Himself." "Amid the London drizzle, there is one potential ray of sunshine in Max's life. His Uncle Henry has left him his estate in his will - an eighteenth-century house and vineyard an hour's drive from Avignon, where Max used to go for his childhood holidays. Out of a job, and encouraged by his friend Charlie's talk of the money in modern wine, he heads for France to assess its potential." What Max discovers is even better than he remembered: a beautiful house, wonderful weather and a bustling village in the shape of St. Pons. The only downside to his new life is the quality of the wine in the vineyard and the brooding presence of Roussel, a former employee of his uncle. When Max suggests getting in an expert to look at the vineyards, Roussel, for reasons that slowly unravel, is resistant. And then there's the arrival of a mysterious stranger from California.
多金自信又英俊的倫敦投資專家麥斯史金，意外接獲了過世的亨利叔叔遺贈在普羅旺斯，名為席荷La Siroque的葡萄酒園。亨利叔叔是麥斯最親的家人，但就在處理繼承的法律程序時，因為一筆可疑的投資交易調查，麥斯被公司停職。在莊園酒農杜夫的熱情招呼下，麥斯半不情愿地留在酒莊，直到好友查理告知，這樣小而美的酒莊現在正是搶手貨，可以帶來幾百萬美金的收益，不管是精品店或高級餐廳酒吧，最喜歡的就是來自這里的酒。生活正青黃不接的麥斯，打算好好利用這個機會翻身。
在這個時候，一名來自加州年約二十歲的女孩克莉勞勃，宣稱自己是亨利叔叔的私生女，依照法國法律，她才是席荷莊園的法定繼承人，只是麥斯不相信眼前的這位堂妹，麥斯詳細地問著克莉酒莊的事，意外發現酒窖里一款名為“失落的角落”的名酒。當地咖啡店女老板說，這款酒價值連城，是當地黑市遍尋不獲的寶物……
About Author
Peter Mayle spent fifteen years in the advertising business, first as a copywriter and then as a reluctant executive, before escaping Madison Avenue in 1975 to write educational books for children. In 1990, Mr. Mayle published A Year in Provence, which became an international bestseller. He is also the author of Toujours Provence, Hotel Pastis, A Dog's Life, Anything Considered and Chasing Cezanne.
彼得·梅爾，英國著名作家，曾在國際廣告公司任職十五年，1975年開始全職寫作，現與妻子隱居在法國普羅旺斯地區。
其代表作包括風靡全球的“普羅旺斯系列”《普羅旺斯的一年》、《永遠的普羅旺斯》及《重返普羅旺斯》、《吃懂法蘭西》、《品位》、《一只狗的生活意見》和小說《茴香酒店》、《追蹤塞尚》等。
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