- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Fat Controller Media (1 Dec 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0955433207
- ISBN-13: 978-0955433207
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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Good bladder control is needed at certain parts of this excellent book by young Scottish writer Angus Bell. He got into his baterred Skoda and went off to find strange characters who play cricket in places like Belarus and Slovenia - many parts could be mistaken for Borat's village. Bell photographs a bus painted (mysteriously in English) with the slogan "Ministry for Emergency Situations for Strong and Prosperous Belarus!" He has great difficulty escaping this God-awful country for lack of seventy cents. I laughed so hard I nearly suffered side strain.
His adventures are so varied, from being bullied by bombastic city types when about to play on ice in Estonia, to watching gypsies being arrested for drug smuggling on the midnight express to Istanbul. (Shades of John Hurt being violated by prison guards came to mind.) Bell left the old Skoda parked in Bulgaria and was on his way to Turkey to try and slog the first intercontinental six. He smites a ball from Europe into Asia; this is surely a Guiness Book of Records feat.
This highly amusing book, full of crazy incidents and remarkable characters, is also wonderfully illustrated. A photograph of two elderly Slovak babushkas quotes them saying to the author: "Yes, but we are old and we have herpes".
Anyone who likes travel books will be delighted to see such a new talent emerge. And as for cricket buffs...they'd be daft to miss out on this unique perspective on their sport.
His adventures are so varied, from being bullied by bombastic city types when about to play on ice in Estonia, to watching gypsies being arrested for drug smuggling on the midnight express to Istanbul. (Shades of John Hurt being violated by prison guards came to mind.) Bell left the old Skoda parked in Bulgaria and was on his way to Turkey to try and slog the first intercontinental six. He smites a ball from Europe into Asia; this is surely a Guiness Book of Records feat.
This highly amusing book, full of crazy incidents and remarkable characters, is also wonderfully illustrated. A photograph of two elderly Slovak babushkas quotes them saying to the author: "Yes, but we are old and we have herpes".
Anyone who likes travel books will be delighted to see such a new talent emerge. And as for cricket buffs...they'd be daft to miss out on this unique perspective on their sport.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this book on the advice of a friend before setting off on a recent trip to the Baltic countries. I'm not big into sports and, being American, I didn't even know what cricket was; but by the end of the book I inexplicably found myself rooting for the national Slovenian cricket team and seriously considering a visit to my local psychic. Now I don't know if these are healthy things, but it's a very fun read. It often had me laughing out loud - much to the chagrin of surrounding babushkas.
In short, 'Slogging the Slavs' is hilarious and highly recommended. Some of the included pictures are pretty classic too. The author is a natural storyteller - I'm looking forward to reading his future work.
In short, 'Slogging the Slavs' is hilarious and highly recommended. Some of the included pictures are pretty classic too. The author is a natural storyteller - I'm looking forward to reading his future work.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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I dont follow cricket, i dont know anything about cricket, and all my attempts to try to understand the game have been futile! One does not need to know a thing about the sport to take great pleasure in reading this book! I still dont know a thing about cricket, but I most certainly enjoyed reading about it! Kudos to Angus for spreading on the humour and spinning the tales amongst all the cricket talk! Being an avid traveller myself, I can relate to all his crazy adventure...though the farthest I've ventured into eastern Europe is Croatia! This book makes me want to be more adventurous and risk my life on a daily basis, whether its bribing pretty much every single person in my path, or daring the fates by playing on a forbidden bridge, to crossing borders many would not dare! I've recommended this book to many a friend, and stressed that one does not need to know a thing about cricket to enjoy this book to the fullest! Laughs, laughs and more laughs! Well done...looking forward to book number 2!!!!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Baltic people are not Slavs
This book is a truly good read and I am glad that it has now been published under a new title. I know it doesn't matter do most people, but as I am Estonian I don't appreciate to... Read more
Published 18 months ago by LuAnne
And the lesson is ,don,t listen to psychics .
Two of my favourite non-fiction subjects to read about are cricket and travel so Slogging The Slavs which is essentially a book about a bloke from Scotland (Originally ,though he... Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2007 by russell clarke
Travel and cricket combined to excellent effect
Very, VERY good. I had not thought to ever see someone combine cricket with Eastern Europe - two things which fascinate me, and I had long assumed that they were mutually... Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2007 by N. Young
Funny, moving, and about cricket - a dream
I loved this book! I'm cricket obsessed so have a natural bias to any book about it, but this book is much more than that. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2007 by M. Ahamat
A welcome spin on the travel book genre
To label this book as simply about 'cricket' is to do it a great disservice. It's first and foremost a travel book, from its wonderfully bizarre beginnings in the world of Montreal... Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2007 by J. L. Hogg
Nothing to do with the paranormal
At first I thought this was to do with parapsychology and then found it wasn't. A great read if you're a cricketing fan but less so if you're not.
Published on 6 Aug 2007 by Ian Cuthbert
It's just not cricket - it's about more than that.
Angus Bell's travelogue of his 8000km journey through some of the lesser visited parts of Europe are linked by one common goal - the search for cricket in far flung outposts... Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2007 by B. Eve
Pee in You Pants Funny!!!!
Angus Bell takes his readers on travels across Central and Eastern Europe with this hilarious, make-you-pee-your-pants book about the sport of Cricket and the players behind this... Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2007 by Shannon Hurst Lane
Bell hits this one for 6!
As a reasonably avid cricket fan and keen traveler, I found Angus Bell's first book on playing cricket throughout Eastern Europe highly entertaining. Read more
Published on 16 May 2007 by M. C. Quinn
Howzat!
One doesn't expect to laugh out loud or to have to visit the bathroom while reading a book, but this happened to me FOR REAL when reading Angus Bell's work of genius. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2007 by Julie A. NORMAN
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