Head Over Heel

Price: R209

Can't afford the airfare for a trip to sun-drenched southern Italy? No matter, Chris Harrison's new book Head Over Heel is as good as a holiday with its whitewashed fishing village, shapely signorina and her infatuated suitor - head over heels on the "heel of the boot".

Sink into a deckchair and enjoy the vicarious thrills of love, hate and romance as Harrison tells a captivating tale of leaving his previous life for La Dolce Vita - southern Italian style, with its luscious foods, sun-drenched vistas and a doe-eyed damsel.

Harrison meets the delectable Daniela on a visit to Dublin and follows her to her small hometown of Andrano on the coast of Puglia.

Among olive groves and cobblestone lanes, Harrison takes you on a hilarious journey into the heart of southern Italy.

You'll meet eccentric characters: a policeman who rearranges crimes to suit the necessary forms, a doctor who prescribes patients his homemade lemon liqueur, and - the biggest challenge of all - Daniela's mamma who is determined to convert Harrison to the Catholic faith, supervise his choice of underwear and build a second storey on her stucco home where the couple might live happily ever after.

Will Harrison adapt to the Italian way? Can their love survive? This delightful tale will leave you wanting (a)more!