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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Canongate Books

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9781847672902

RRP: £8.99

PAGES: 320

PUBLICATION DATE:
June 26, 2008

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Batting on the Bosphorus: A Skoda-powered Cricket Tour Through Eastern Europe

Following a chance encounter with a psychic, Angus Bell sets off on an 8,000-mile Skoda-powered road trip across Eastern Europe in search of a cricket match. It’s a gloriously batty adventure which brings Bell face-to-face with fingerless fielders in the Czech Republic, Serbian MI6 agents, and the realisation that England’s most eccentric game is being played with passion in the strangest corners of the continent.

Reviews of Batting on the Bosphorus: A Skoda-powered Cricket Tour Through Eastern Europe

"* 'Very funny. Dave Gorman meets Andrew Flintoff in clothes borrowed from Billy Connolly.' – The Times * 'Weird and wonderful… one of the maddest, most enterprising cricket tours of all time' – Guardian * 'It deserves to be as big a hit as the blow Bell dealt a cricket ball on the bridge over the Bosphorus, propelling it from Europe into Asia.' – Daily Telegraph"

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Angus Bell

Angus Bell is a 27 year old, whisky-swilling Scotsman with a first class degree in English, Flying saucers and Space Studies. He has visited 40 countries, and has written for the South African Sunday Times, Inside Sport in Australia, the US Student Traveller, Cricinfo in India, and The Wisden Cricketer in the UK. He now plays cricket in Montreal, Canada, where he lives with his girlfriend Candy, and pet rabbit Usagi. For more articles and photos from his travels and misadventures, visit www.angusjbell.com.