Less Ketchup than Salsa, Joe Cawley
Less Ketchup than Salsa, Joe Cawley
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Less Ketchup than Salsa

Author: Joe Cawley

Narrator: Nicholas Camm

Unabridged: 5 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/16/2018

Synopsis

How do you go from pulling pints one day, to travelling the world, all-expenses paid the next?For this author it involved a huge dollop of Ketchup, a little bit of growing up, and an extraordinary sequence of events that flings the author on a career path he’d never dreamed could happen.Throw in the patter of little feet, sharp teeth, amputations and a smattering of characters from their Tenerife bar days, and you have another serving of Ketchup – only this time, it’s a little more salsa.With the Smugglers Tavern still a nagging ghost of their past, Joe and Joy free themselves from limpet-like patrons, battle once more with Spain’s bungling bureaucracy and dip a toe in numerous but short-lived careers to stop their bar money evaporating.Less Ketchup than Salsa is a true story about growing up, finding your dreams in the most unexpected of places and discovering what’s truly important in life.If you’ve ever pondered living abroad, are interested in travel writing as a career, wondered what life is all about, or just want a funny read in the style of Bill Bryson or Carl Hiaasen…. join Joe and Joy on this third and final memoir in the Ketchup trilogy.

About Joe Cawley

Joe Cawley is an award-winning author, an international travel writer, and a ghostwriter. He also writes domestic suspense thrillers with his co-author and buddy Gemma Metcalfe. A full-time taxi driver for his two teens, he lives with his family and an assortment of wildlife in the hills of Tenerife. For more information, visit JoeCawley.co.uk.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joe

Marvellous... but then I am a bit biased ; )Joe Cawley......more

Goodreads review by Karl

Okay. Having lived on The Algarve for fours years myself, where most of our friends were bar owners, I can totally relate to the issues faced by Joe and Joy in the Canary Islands. This is a MUST READ for anyone who's contemplating flying out to the Costa Brava, Malta, Cyprus, Tenerife or Portugal to b......more

Goodreads review by Susan

This book should come with a warning! It's one of those books you can't put down until you finish reading. I was sitting in a cafe when I first opened this book. Breakfast patrons came and left, the lunchtime crowd disappeared and late afternoon I ordered another coffee to justify occupying a table......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

If I had to summarise my review in one word it would be "meh". I expected this book to make me laugh based on the many positive reviews, but to be honest I barely managed a chuckle through the entire thing. Perhaps it's because I don't 'get' the British ex-pat thing (my experience as an American ex-......more

Goodreads review by Janet

Joe and Joy abandon their jobs in Bolton Fish Market and buy The Smugglers Tavern in El Beril, Tenerife along with Joe´s brother David and his wife Faith. They quickly find out that running a bar/restaurant is physically and emotionally hard work 18 hour days, 7 days a week; especially when confront......more

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