{"product_id":"fontainebleau-book-paul-s-bradley-9788409642427","title":"The Fontainebleau","description":"\u003cp\u003eA nostalgic journey back to the 1970s when the love affair with Nerja, Spain, began.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the true story of the Edwards family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1972, smooth-talking London bookie Jimmy Edwards was horrified by the daunting prospect of a tax-grabbing Socialist Government. With a pioneering British spirit, he sold up and voted with his feet. Seduced by the balmy climate and low costs, he crammed the family into the Rolls Royce and headed for Spain, still under the iron fist of a Fascist regime. Blissfully ignorant of the politics, linguistically inept, and without relevant experience, they purchased a half-finished hostel from a dodgy developer in the quaint fishing village of Nerja on the eastern Costa del Sol.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bureaucracy was a nightmare, and rip-off builders were laboriously slow. But Jimmy was smart. He appointed a Spanish lawyer in M laga who spoke English. What could go wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnsurprisingly, the project was delayed and then delayed. In 1974, well over a year behind schedule, the Fontainebleau opened and was immediately at loggerheads with oddball ex-pats, eccentric guests, demanding tour operators, and the dreaded Guardia Civil. With family harmony falling apart and bankruptcy looming, their only hope was luck and a gritty determination to succeed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUn nost lgico y apasionante viaje, basado en un hecho real, que tiene lugar en los a os 70, cuando la familia Edwards sienten un amor a primera vista por el malague o pueblo de Nerja.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEn 1972, un encantador y apuesto corredor de apuestas londinense Jimmy Edwards, decide marcharse tras el desalentador panorama pol tico y los elevados impuestos del gobierno socialista de la  poca, para emprender una nueva vida en Espa a. Con un esp ritu intr pido y pionero, y seducido por el buen clima y el bajo nivel de vida de aquel entonces, llega a M laga con su familia en el Rolls-Royce desde Reino Unido.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesconocedor de la pol tica y bajo el r gimen fascista, se enfrentar a con el desconocimiento ling  stico y a la ineptitud en cuanto a la inexperiencia en la hosteler a. Pero nada de ello impidi  la compra de un peque o hotel en fase de construcci n a un promotor de dudosa reputaci n en la localidad pesquera de Nerja en la Costa del Sol.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLos tr mites burocr ticos y los constantes contratiempos con los tramposos constructores, obligan a el ingenioso Jimmy a contratar un abogado de habla inglesa en la capital de M laga. Qu  m s podr a salir mal?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa inauguraci n se pospuso una y mil veces m s, hasta que finalmente en 1974, a o y medio m s tarde de lo previsto, el Hostal Fontainebleau abri  sus puertas, y pronto se vio envuelto en una disputa entre expatriados y hu spedes exc ntricos, turoperadores exigentes, y el temido cuerpo de la guardia civil. Con la armon a familiar desmoron ndose y la quiebra al acecho, su  nica esperanza y prop sito era tener un poquito de fortuna o una determinaci n perseverante para poder triunfar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51064190632209,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51064192893201,"sku":"NIN9788409642427","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51819042603281,"sku":"GOR014411395","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52152882823441,"sku":"GOR014494616","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/8409642425.jpg?v=1751351574","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/fontainebleau-book-paul-s-bradley-9788409642427","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}