Posted: Jan 12, 2012 1:41 pm
The_Metatron wrote:monkeyboy wrote:The_Metatron wrote:What you were looking for earlier was the author who goes by the pen name of Trevanian. The first character comes from a book titled Shibumi. Highly recommend it.
Highly.
I could've got that if I'd seen this thread sooner. It's a book I've read many times. It's even better for having visited the region in the Pyrenees. The people there are as described within and the scenery is truly breathtaking.
Well now, that's extremely cool. How were you received there, as an outsider?
Polite indifference bordering ignorance. For example, service in cafes. The French, in my experience of travelling there extensively for 15+ years, are not given to break-neck service but in Basque country, you may well miss a meal if you don't very obviously draw attention to yourself.