Product Description

Hugo Soskin, son of best-selling author on Rennes-le-Chateau Henry Lincoln, has no time for the French Pyrenean village and its mysteries. He is fed up with the whole subject of how a nineteenth-century priest came to be a millionaire overnight and why he built so many bizarre clues into his church and his home. But when he and his wife decide to drive an old camper van to Spain to start a new life, they can't resist a tiny peek en route at the village that enthralls and captivates so many.After agreeing to work on a nearby campsite for a season, Soskin starts to absorb the culture and rhythms of life in south-west France, where working in the shadow of Rennes-le-Chateau exposes him to loony treasure hunters and conspiracy theorists, all of whom assume he has inside knowledge that could help them crack the mystery and find the hidden gold. If this isn't bad enough, Soskin's father arrives accompanied by a group of fanatical 'Rennies', including the punk rocker 'Rat Scabies', needing his assistance in touring places of interest and wanting to know Soskin's own theory about the mysteries of Rennes-le-Chateau: surely he knows more than he is telling? Will he reveal all?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #117665 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Review
`good humour and `laugh out loud' moments... easy to read and entertaining... definitely one I'd recommend for a rainy day.'
--French Magazine, October 2008

About the Author
Hugo Soskin lives in Gloucestershire and has been a bookseller and nursery manager, as well as having worked in bars in Spain and as a chef in France.

Customer Reviews

Pure drivel
I bought this because my wife and I were staying very near to Rennes Le Chateau and I persisted to the end of the book in the hope I might eventually find it worthwhile. It's very poor: poorly written, self satisfied and not at all funny I'm afraid. The author can only have found a publisher because of who his father is. But my advice is stick to Henry Lincoln: his stuff may be faintly barmy but it's written with some style. This is just an exploitation of his father's work.

Too jokey, blokey
Quite an interesting story but very badly written. The jokey, blokey style does not suit someone who I assume is 40+. Laddish behaviour begins to bore the reader after a chapter or two. However, he has some interesting points to make about the myth of Rennes-le-Chateau and the rather silly conspiracy theorists that it attracts. I say this with some knowledge of the subject, having been there in 1974, well before the 'Rennies' really got going. If you're going to write again, Hugo, do it as an adult.

ageing hippy
this is just another book about someones time in france ,forget the in depth details of rennes le chatteau and read it as an ageing hippies account of his time in france, perfectly readable,light hearted ,a book of its time ,happy hippiedom ,good for you hugo