A Very Peruvian Practice: Travels With LA Senora - Couverture rigide

When John Lane arrived for a six-week stay as adviser to the Women's Health Care Centre of Lima, a private clinic built by La Senora Coraima Pandora del Teodosia Zapallo-Chupado Palermo Bonomini, to provide an appropriate setting for her highly qualified husband Dr Hermogenes, he had little idea what he was taking on. Our clinic is mainly for the expecting woman, La Senora explained. But as yet there was no lift between the delivery room and the wards, so business was limited. As the Clinic staggered from financial difficulty to total insolvency, the author found himself caught up in the rhythms of Peruvian life, attending bullfights with Dr Hermogenes, who was an aficionado, accompanying La Senora to the weddings and funerals of her large extended family and on her whirlwind shopping expeditions to various parts of Peru, while in the background the chaotic presidential elections rumbled on. Punctuated by increasingly desperate attempts to refinance the Clinic, his stay extended far beyond the original six weeks. John Lane's account of life with the irrepressible Senora and the unconventional staff of the Clinic opens a unique window on Peruvian society and politics.

Writing in a wonderfully jovial style, Lane creates a highly perceptive and very funny depiction of Peruvian society (The Geographical Magazine)

It is a hilarious commentary on life in Peru (Times Literary Supplement)

It is refreshing to find a writer with the breadth of experience of John Lane ... Lane has a confident and original writing voice ... he is certainly a fine comic writer, and I hope that, in between global troubleshooting, he will find time to write more books (Miranda France, Telegraph)

A delightful account of living in Peru (The Field)

A unique window on Peruvian society and politics (Winning Breaks)

A quirky, jovially funny memoir. (The Times)

Written in a hilarious style, this is a unique look at Peruvian politics, society and culture. (Liverpool Echo)