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Slogging the Slavs: A Paranormal Cricket Tour from the Baltic to the Bosphorus (Paperback)

by Angus Bell (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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  • 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: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 206,989 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Rory MacLean, The Guardian
"A hilarious, easy read, bursting with manic energy and youthful
exuberance"

Hugo Rifkind - The Times
"Very funny. Dave Gorman meets Andrew Flintoff in clothes borrowed
from Billy Connolly."

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Howzat!, 5 Feb 2007
By Julie A. NORMAN (Red Deer, Alberta) - See all my reviews
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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.

Buy this book now! You will laugh so much...honestly!
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Cricket in Borat's Village, 9 Feb 2007
By John Armstrong (Scotland, UK) - See all my reviews
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.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My travel guide to Eastern Europe, 11 Feb 2007
By M. Holley (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 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 20 months ago by N. Young

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 20 months ago by M. Ahamat

5.0 out of 5 stars 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... Read more
Published 23 months ago by J. L. Hogg

1.0 out of 5 stars 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 23 months ago by Ian Cuthbert

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 12 Jun 2007 by B. Eve

5.0 out of 5 stars 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

5.0 out of 5 stars 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

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring!
I dont follow cricket, i dont know anything about cricket, and all my attempts to try to understand the game have been futile! Read more
Published on 17 April 2007 by Jodi Paul

5.0 out of 5 stars Funnier than 'Penguins Stopped Play' - utterly hilarious!
This is one of the most extraordinary and entertaining books of the year. I followed the author's articles closely in The Wisden Cricketer last year. Read more
Published on 11 Dec 2006 by D. Moles

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