Martin, Michael
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(? - ) UK author of a spoof Planetary Romance, A Year Near Proxima Centauri (1992), set on the planet Provender, a gourmandizer's heaven; the target of Martin's mild Satire is A Year in Provence (1989) by Peter Mayle (1939-2018), which arguably romanticizes rural life as experienced by visitors. [JC]
Michael Martin
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- A Year Near Proxima Centauri (London: Corgi Books, 1992) [pb/Tony Roberts]
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