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Summary: Introducing Tim Moore: The Contender for Bill Bryson's Crown
Review: "One of the funniest books I have read in a long time, and one from which Moore emerges as a contender for Bill Bryson's crown as king of comic travels." (The Sunday times)"This book made me laugh out loud in public, like an escaped psychopath; I simply didn't care." (The Observer) "Rare is the book that makes you laugh out loud; this one will make you holler." (Starred Review, Booklist)
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Summary: I really wanted to like this book, but...
Review: ... I could only suffer through 17 pages before putting it down for good. The prose seemed deliberately obfuscated and gossipy, and the way it was presented was so far from compelling that I had to read the back cover to figure out what he was droning on about. Now if the book delivered what the back cover promised, that would have been great. And maybe it did. But I found myself easily distracted and completely without any understanding of what he was talking about. Maybe if I was English, some of the names and places would have been more familiar. So I can't recommend this book, even though it sounds like it would have been fascinating, to hear reviewers tell it.
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Summary: I really wanted to like this book, but...
Review: ... I could only suffer through 17 pages before putting it down for good. The prose seemed deliberately obfuscated and gossipy, and the way it was presented was so far from compelling that I had to read the back cover to figure out what he was droning on about. Now if the book delivered what the back cover promised, that would have been great. And maybe it did. But I found myself easily distracted and completely without any understanding of what he was talking about. Maybe if I was English, some of the names and places would have been more familiar. So I can't recommend this book, even though it sounds like it would have been fascinating, to hear reviewers tell it.
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Summary: Mmm, disgustingly good
Review: According to Amazon, this book is "Too disgusting in parts to warrant a recommendation..." Surely a bad taste tribute to be emblazoned across the front cover of future editions. Ostensibly, this chronicles the attempt by Tim Moore to recreate an arctic journey undertaken by the young Lord Dufferin around 150 years ago. Pleasingly, the story soon degenerates into a personal grudge match between Dufferin - Victorian aristocrat, explorer and imperialist - and his present day counterpart Moore - the shaggy-haired proletarian loafer. In 'new' Britain, where 'modernisation' is all pervasive, the age of empire and its attendant values seem increasingly bizarre and inexplicable. The charm of this book is its attempt to link the present with a seemingly ridiculous and discarded past. 'Frost on my moustache' is a glorious misadventure to place alongside Eric Newby's 'a short walk in the Hindu Kush'. The comedy works for two reasons. Firstly, while gleefully ridiculing both Lord Dufferin and everything Nordic, our protagonist gains much sympathy by unflinchingly detailing his own personal failings and idiosyncracies. Secondly, as the travelogue proceeds and the mishaps mount, across a chasm of 150 years, Moore identifies increasingly with Dufferin's despondent valet Wilson. Magically, by the end of the book, the Lord and his entourage seem a lot less remote and absurd, and, by following in their tracks, the Loafer has experienced a magnificently disastrous adventure in the grand British tradition. Tim Moore is Shackleton or Scott for underachieving can't-get-out-of-bed Britain. Read it and be crippled with laughter in public places. There is also the joy of discovering the meaning of the title... now that IS disgusting!
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Summary: Funniest book: ever.
Review: Even thinking of Moore's Mr Slee anecdote has me laughing as I type. He is a stylish, witty writer and the comparisons to Bill Bryson are more than fair. I bought this when it first came out in England, and have re-read it over again. No mess-ups here.
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Summary: Very British, very funny
Review: I actually read Frost on my Mustache about six months back, and have since lost count of the number of friends I've loaned it out to. Not all of them got all the cultural references, but no one has yet to disagree with me: this is travel writing at it's very, very funniest.
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Summary: seasick and frozen
Review: I love travel books and so picked this up to do my vicarious summer vacation. I thought his observations about Iceland were wonderful, and made it seem somewhere reasonable to visit. However, the graphic scenes of seasickness made me glad not to be on that part of the voyage! Some of the British slang was beyond me, but all in all a good summer read.
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Summary: seasick and frozen
Review: I love travel books and so picked this up to do my vicarious summer vacation. I thought his observations about Iceland were wonderful, and made it seem somewhere reasonable to visit. However, the graphic scenes of seasickness made me glad not to be on that part of the voyage! Some of the British slang was beyond me, but all in all a good summer read.
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Summary: Very amusing
Review: I'm torn between 5 stars and 4 stars for this book, but I tend to be a tough grader. This book is very humorous. A delightful read. Buy it for vacation. I also like "A Walk in the Woods" - also a travel type book and very funny.
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Summary: Publisher's Weekly
Review: In his first travel book, London-based writer Moore presents himself as the ever complaining curmudgeon. He registers his frustration-at every step of his adventure-with a brilliant accuracy, making for a hilarious read.
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