A Year in the Province

{{short description|2008 novel by Christopher Marsh}}

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{{Use British English|date=November 2010}}

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| author = Christopher Marsh

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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| publisher = Beautiful Books

| release_date = 2008

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| media_type = Print

| pages = 352

| isbn = 978-1-905636-67-9

| oclc= 187294636

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A Year in the Province is a comic novel by Christopher Marsh. The book tells the story of Jesus Sanchez Ventura, who persuades his wife Begona and his three daughters to leave Andalusia for Belfast.{{cite book | author=Marsh, Christopher | title=A Year in the Province | publisher=Beautiful Books|year=2008|isbn=978-1-905636-67-9 }}

The book was well received by critics, with the BBC's Ian Sansom comparing Marsh to Flann O'Brien.{{cite news|url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2282153,00.html|title=Novel of life after the Troubles is cult hit|work=The Guardian|date=25 May 2008|accessdate=20 June 2008 | location=London | first=Henry | last=McDonald}} The book's title references the bestselling memoir by Peter Mayle, A Year in Provence.