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A Tall Man In A Low Land
- Some Time Among the Belgians
Engelsk Paperback
A Tall Man In A Low Land
- Some Time Among the Belgians
Engelsk Paperback

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Most British travel writers head south for a destination that is hot, exotic, dangerous or all three. Harry Pearson chose to head in the opposite direction for a country which is damp, safe and of legendary banality: Belgium. But can any nation whose most famous monument is a statue of a small boy urinating really be that dull? Pearson lived there for several months, burying himself in the local culture. He drank many of the 800 different beers the Belgians produce; ate local delicacies such as kip kap (jellied pig cheeks) and a mighty tonnage of chicory and chips. In one restaurant the house speciality was ''Hare in the style of grandmother''. ''I didn''t order it. I quite like hare, but had no wish to see one wearing zip-up boots and a blue beret.'' A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND commemorates strange events such as The Festival of Shrimps at Oostduinkerke and laments the passing of the Underpant Museum in Brussels. No reader will go away from A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND without being able to name at least ten famous Belgians. Mixing evocative description and low-grade buffoonery Harry Pearson paints a portrait of Belgium that is more rounded than a Smurf after a night on the mussels.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
256
ISBN-13:
9780349112060
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0349112061
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Udg. Dato:
2 sep 1999
Længde:
14mm
Bredde:
126mm
Højde:
198mm
Forlag:
Little, Brown Book Group
Oplagsdato:
2 sep 1999
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