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Frost on My Moustache - by Tim Moore (Paperback)

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  • Guided by the fastidious journals of an eminent Victorian adventurer by the name of Lord Dufferin, Time Moore sets off to prove his mettle in the most stunningly inhospitable place on Earth-the Arctic.
  • About the Author: Tim Moore's writing has appeared in the The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Observer, and The Evening Standard.
  • 288 Pages
  • Humor, General

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About the Book



Resolving to follow in the Arctic footsteps of a Victorian gentleman of leisure and adventure, the author provides his own memoir of a shambolic voyage into the Northern wastes, a trip that cost him most of his dignity and nearly his life. Moore writes with scathingly funny self-deprecation about his misadventures in Iceland, Norway, and regions of the Arctic Circle.



Book Synopsis



Guided by the fastidious journals of an eminent Victorian adventurer by the name of Lord Dufferin, Time Moore sets off to prove his mettle in the most stunningly inhospitable place on Earth-the Arctic. Armed only with his searing wit, wicked humor, and seasickness pills, our pale suburbanite-wracked by second thoughts of tactical retreat-confronts mind-numbing cold, blood-thirsty polar bears, a convoy of born-again Vikings, and, perhaps most chilling of all, herring porridge. When he is not humiliating himself through displays of ignorance and incompetence, Moore casts a sharp eye on the local flora and fauna, immersing readers in the splendors and wonders of this treacherously beautiful region.

A deliciously and inexhaustibly funny book, Frost on My Moustache deserves to be placed alongside those by Evelyn Waugh, Eric Newby, and Bill Bryson.



Review Quotes




"A very funny book that is also first-class travel writing." --Nina King, The Washington Post Book World

"Descriptions of humiliation and hardship are what make any piece of travel writing really sing...And no one suffers more that the curmudgeonly, out-of-shape-and-proud-of-it British journalist Tim Moore." --The New York Times Book Review

"Equal parts Bill Bryson and Evelyn Waugh." --Christian Science Monitor

"It takes talent to 'whinge' this entertainingly about the miseries of travel. Moore has what it takes." --The Seattle Times




About the Author



Tim Moore's writing has appeared in the The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Observer, and The Evening Standard. He lives in West London.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.51 Inches (H) x 5.62 Inches (W) x .71 Inches (D)
Weight: .79 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 288
Genre: Humor
Sub-Genre: General
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Format: Paperback
Author: Tim Moore
Language: English
Street Date: February 9, 2001
TCIN: 90810158
UPC: 9780312270155
Item Number (DPCI): 247-44-7456
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.71 inches length x 5.62 inches width x 8.51 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.79 pounds
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