 Book details:March 2009
ISBN 978-1-55365-441-4
Paperback 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" 352 pages Travel / Former Soviet Republics $22.00 CAD
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Greystone BooksBatting on the BosphorusA Liquor-Fueled Cricket Tour through Eastern EuropeIn Batting on the Bosphorus, a hilarious and eccentric traveler’s tale, Scotsman Angus Bell leaves the Montreal magazine industry and sets off in his Škoda to discover a hidden cricketing world across central and Eastern Europe. From Estonia to Crimea, Bell learns that Slavs are playing the Englishman’s game. Between games, Bell is pursued by the KGB, becomes embroiled in a drug bust on the Midnight Express, and seeks emergency treatment from a Romanian dentist. His travel companions include a Guatemalan anarchist, a Ukrainian chicken, and a tobacco farmer who played cricket and rugby for Rhodesia. “One of the funniest sports books of recent times.” —Yorkshire Evening Post “Bill Bryson meets Jack Kerouac, peppered with Judith Chalmers . . . Priceless!” —All Out Cricket |
About the Author Angus BellAngus Bell is a twenty-seven-year-old, whisky-swilling Scotsman with a first-class degree in English, Flying Saucers, and Space Studies. He has written ... more >>Related Books Neil Young Nation What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim |