New Benidorm Book

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Living the dream…in Benidorm!
Travel Author Provides an Insightful Look at the Expat Experience of Owning a Bar in Spain.

Finally! Someone has written a book about what life is really like as an owner of bar in Spain.
Many books have been written by ex-pats who have moved to Spain, living their dream on derelict farms or among orange groves in the Spanish countryside but few have written about their experiences whilst managing a bar on the Costas.
Of course, decisions to emigrate shouldn’t be made by reading books which are dominated by pages of atmospheric writing describing, in great detail, the Spanish countryside, or quaint Spanish villages, or even the colours of paella. But, if you want to buy a bar in Spain, who gives a damn what the Spanish countryside feels like, looks like, sounds like, smells like or tastes like? Don’t be taken in by these writers who lure you in by connecting with your five basic senses. The only sense you need to tap into when making your decision to ‘live the dream’, is good old common sense.

So if you are thinking of moving to Spain, then this book should form part of your research. If you are thinking of opening a bar in Spain then you must read it – more than once! If you are one of the many ex-ex-pat bar owners who have seen it, done it and had some euros left over to buy the T-shirt, then you will certainly relate to our story. You will also appreciate our frustrations with living and working in another EU country. If you are a regular tourist to Benidorm, perhaps you were a Rusty Nail customer; it will be a nice trip down memory lane as well as giving you an understanding of life on the other side of the bar.

Publishing details:
Title: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Subtitle: Living the Dream…in Benidorm
Author: Alan Thomas Boyd
Non-fiction: Travel Memoir

Turning Leaf Publishing, Glasgow
Cover design by Michael Murray

Availability:

Paperback Edition: available in October 2012

Available to pre-order at www.ypdbooks.com

Paperback:

ISBN 978-0-9573973-0-9
Paperback, 254 pages
Available on Amazon and ypdbooks.co.uk
Distributed by York Publishing

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