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Books, Guides and Maps Read any good books lately? Did you manage to finish Captain Corelli's ...? Recommend your favourite travel guides and maps. Suggest holiday reads for kids.

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Default Hasta la Flip-Flops

has anyone read a new book just released called
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About the disco scene on the island in the early 70's ?
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The website says you can buy copies here in the Port at BFS and Hardley's Diner.
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I think the translation is: '' Until never ''
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The website says you can buy copies here in the Port at BFS and Hardley's Diner.
They are telling fibs, Hardley's don't know anything about it .
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It can be bought from Amazon for £9.99, and free Super Saving delivery. But hurry, only 3 left in stock!
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Thank you Jazzy. I'm hurrying !
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Advertised in euro Weekly p.9 this week. A little history of the author.
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Thank you Lolli P
Does anybody Know anything about the author Louis O'Brien ?
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Hardley's do now have copies, i have got mine and it looks like it is going to be a really good laugh.
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juliec, If you log onto euroweekly.com and select mallorca you will see the article about the author. Not an awful lot just a bit of background which you may have in the book.
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Well, i finished the book last night and have to say i did enjoy it. Louie the Lip comes across as a guy who was a bundle of fun but was also a bit if a rogue, albeit a loveable one, he certainly knew how to party but also was a hard worker. Many characters came into his life, some larger than life and some were downright dodgy.
I found it interesting to learn how mass tourism and the club scene came to Mallorca, or "The Rock" as Louie calls it, also even back then there was a lot of corruption. The thing that is really obvious is that he truly does have the island in his soul.
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Nice review Sparky

Anyone else read it ?
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