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Joe Cawley

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Born

in Bolton, Lancashire, The United Kingdom

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http://www.joecawley.co.uk

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Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Thriller

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Bill Bryson, John Irvine, Alan Bennett, Tom Sharpe, Stephen Fry ...more

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Joe Cawley is a travel writer and award-winning author published in many international newspapers and magazines such as The Times, New York Post and Taipei Times.
His first book, More Ketchup than Salsa was voted 'Best Travel Narrative' by the British Guild of Travel Writers and follows the disasters of a young couple seeking greener pastures abroad.
Joe currently lives in the hills of Tenerife with his family and an assortment of other wildlife. Although he loves his family dearly, he admits he gets most sense out of the guinea pigs. ...more

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Average rating: 3.62 · 7,283 ratings · 437 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	More Ketchup Than Salsa 3.48 avg rating — 4,030 ratings — published 2006 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Even More Ketchup than Salsa: The Final Dollop (More Ketchup, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 1,751 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Five Bestselling Travel Memoirs Box Set by Victoria Twead (Goodreads Author), Joe Cawley (Goodreads Author), Tony James Slater (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 939 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Little Lies by Gemma Metcalfe (Goodreads Author), Joe Cawley (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 787 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Less Ketchup than Salsa: Finding my Mojo in Travel Writing (More Ketchup, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 365 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Ketchup than Salsa Boxset 3.87 avg rating — 214 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Ketchup than Salsa: The Complete 3-Memoir Box Set 4.42 avg rating — 33 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moving to Tenerife: All You Need To Know by Joe Cawley (Goodreads Author), Nicola Quinn 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't do it like this: How NOT to move to Spain by Joe Cawley (Goodreads Author), Victoria Twead (Goodreads Author), Alan Parks (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Today's the day!

Hell, that took a lot longer than anticipated!
But finally, I'm pleased to welcome to the world my third and last book in the Ketchup trilogy - Less Ketchup than Salsa
Less Ketchup than Salsa: Finding my Mojo in Travel Writing

Less Ketchup than Salsa Finding my Mojo in Travel Writing (More Ketchup, #3) by Joe Cawley

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“water plunged onto the shuffling shoppers below. Their faces were drawn and bleak like a funeral cortege following the last remains of hope. From life they expected nothing – save a nice piece”
― Joe Cawley, More Ketchup Than Salsa

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“his arms. ‘We’re not playing for”
― Joe Cawley, More Ketchup Than Salsa

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“the dealings with our bank had not been totally satisfactory and we were loath to trust them with something as complicated as making a transfer and setting up a standing order. It was a mystery as to how the bank was so inept. When you employ a gardener you quite reasonably expect him to look after your garden; when you pay a cleaner you expect them to take care of your dusting. But when we trusted our finances with a bank, the one thing that they seemed incapable of doing properly was looking after our money, although it has to be said, they were very proficient at furnishing us with free gifts of kitchenware and bombarding us with generous offers of credit.”
― Joe Cawley, More Ketchup Than Salsa

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