Frost On My Moustache
The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer
$28.18
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
7 February 2000
Summary
Inspired by the swashbuckling travelogues of Victorian diplomat Lord Dufferin, frail surburbanite Tim Moore sets out to prove his physical and spiritual worth before his sceptical Nordic in-laws by retracing Dufferin’s epic voyage to Iceland and Spitzbergen.
Dufferin’s battles with icebergs, polar bears and the deep potations of hospitable Norsemen is a tale of derring-do; Moore’s struggle against seasickness, vertigo and over-priced groceries is all too plainly one of derring-don’t. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349111407 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349111405 |
| Author: | Tim Moore |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 7 February 2000 |
| Weight: | 202g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 201mm x 18mm |
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There won’t be a funnier or more original contender until Tim Moore publishes his next volume … There hasn’t been such a fresh voice among itinerant writers since Redmond O’Hanlon or Bill Bryson got started - SPECTATOR
Regularly had me laughing out loud - SUNDAY TIMESHis is a rare comic talent, and his debut a brilliantly sustained piece of travel writing - THE TIMESOne of the funniest travelogues you will ever read - EXPRESSMade me laugh out loud helplessly in public, like an escaped psychopath - ObserverA Joy - Vic ReevesBook of the Year - SpectatorA hilarious journal of sustained sardonic humour - EsquireAbout The Author
Tim Moore
Failed dandy Tim Moore lives in West London with his wife and slightly too many children. His writing has appeared in several publications including the SUNDAY TIMES, the INDEPENDENT, the OBSERVER, ESQUIRE and the EVENING STANDARD.
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