The Almost Nearly Perfect People

Comprehensive and occasionally downright hilarious… I was laughing out loud – Mariella Frostrup * Observer *
An affectionate and informative study of a region. – Ian Critchley * Sunday Times *
[An] entertaining, warts-and-all, English expat look at the Nordic miracle. * Daily Telegraph *
A thoroughly entertaining read, written brilliantly – Bernard Porter * Literary Review *
A welcome rejoinder to those who cling to the idea of the Nordic region as a promised land…the substance, more often than not, is spot on. * Financial Times *
Every page contains at least one extraordinary fact about one or other of the Nordic countries. – Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *
Booth is an assiduous excavator of entertaining facts. – Damian Whitworth * The Times *
An enjoyable, funny romp through the region…[Booth’s] enthusiasm is contagious. * Telegraph *
Booth does what the British do well. He writes irresistibly, ranging freely from serious, documented reportage to surprising conclusions… Simply a pleasure to read - 5 stars * Berlingske *
You get cleverer by reading him… funny and insightful - 4 stars * Jyllands Posten *

Michael Booth is the author of six books, including the international bestseller, The Almost Nearly Perfect People, winner of the British Guild of Travel Writers award for Book of the Year, and Sushi and Beyond, which won the Guild of Food Writers award.

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