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Racing Pigs And Giant Marrows: Travels around the North Country Fairs by Harry Pearson (Paperback, 1997)
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Pearson is funnier than Bill Bryson . . . a prize onion of a tome that'll leave you streaming at the eyes with merriment INDEPENDENT Just as much of a hoot [as THE FAR CORNER]. The title explains his remit, but can't do justice to his one-liners and digressions MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS It would have been easy for Pearson to have got hold of these people by their prize-winning parts and pulled mercilessly. But being a Northerner himself, he understands and revers them and takes the trouble to set these shows and their bizarre sideshows in a revealing historical context. He has fun doing it and it shows... In his sharp observation of British habit, Pearson has been compared with Bryson; in his capturing of the overheard, he has been linked with Bennett.
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Following his acclaimed book about football in the north-east,THE FAR CORNER, Harry Pearson vowed that his next project would not involve hanging around outdoors on days so cold that itinerant dogs had to be detached from lamp-posts by firemen. It would be about the summer: specifically, about a summer of shows and fairs in the north of England. Encompassing such diverse talents as fell-running, tupperware-boxing and rabbit fancying (literally), and containing many more jokes about goats than is legal in the Isle of Man, Racing Pigs and Giant Marrows is without doubt the only book in existence to explain the design faults of earwigs and expose English farmers' fondness for transvestism. Warm, wise and very funny, it confirms increasing suspicions that Harry Pearson is really quite good.Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group
ISBN-139780349109466
eBay Product ID (ePID)87302486
Product Key Features
Book TitleRacing Pigs and Giant Marrows: Travels Around the North Country Fairs
AuthorHarry Pearson
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicTravel Writing
Publication Year1997
Number of Pages240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width126mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorHarry Pearson
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 02 Jun, 2021
Best not read in public as dissolving in hysterics is common!
Very very funny book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
