A Tall Man In A Low Land : Some Time Among the Belgians Paperback / softback
by Harry Pearson
Paperback / softback
Description
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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages, Section: 8, B&W
- Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication Date:02/09/1999
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- ISBN:9780349112060
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages, Section: 8, B&W
- Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication Date:02/09/1999
- Category:
- ISBN:9780349112060
