Still Life in Crete is the factual and funny story of two expats who build a new and better life for themselves on Greece's biggest and most idiosyncratic island. For devotees of Peter Mayle's books about Provence and Frances Maye's tales from Tuscany - this is the title to turn to next.
Anthony Cox was a newspaper journalist and college lecturer in London. Early retirement allowed him to leave England - accompanied by his wife and their two pug dogs and settle in western Crete, where he is now enjoying "third age" life.