Once Upon a Villa

<p><strong>In this wise warm-hearted witty and hilariously funny true account </strong><em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Andrew Kaplan tells what it's like when he his wife and two-year-old son decided to chuck it all and live the fantasy in a villa by the sea in that extraordinary corner of the world - part international caf�� society part billionaires' playground part provincial France - that is the French Riviera.</p><p>Whether it's matching wits with French bureaucracy searching for the perfect bouillabaisse encounters with con men eccentric ex-pats and Monaco's royal family partying with the international set on Onassis' yacht playing chess with a philosophical police chief or adventures and friendships with the rich and famous and the presumably standoffish French <em>Once Upon a Villa</em> will transport you to a fascinating and shrewdly-observed world that you will savor like your first-morning bite of <em>pain au chocolate</em>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>So pour yourself a glass of wine open the book and <em>Sant��</em>!</strong></p>