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Road to Rouen
Ben Hatch
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Description for Road to Rouen
Paperback. From the bestselling author of ARE WE NEARLY THERE YET? (Radio 2 Book of the Year & voted Amazon Customers' Fave Kindle Read 2011) comes a new hilarious and touching story of travel chaos. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; WH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
Ben Hatch is on the road again. Commissioned to write a guidebook about France (despite not speaking any French) he sets off with visions of relaxing chateaux and refined dining. Ten thousand miles later his family's been attacked by a donkey, had a run-in with a death-cult and, after a near drowning and a calamitous wedding experience involving a British spy, his own marriage is in jeopardy. A combination of obsessions about mosquitoes, French gravel and vegetable theme parks mean it's a bumpy ride as Ben takes a stand against tyrannical French pool attendants, finds himself running with the bulls ... Read more
Ben Hatch is on the road again. Commissioned to write a guidebook about France (despite not speaking any French) he sets off with visions of relaxing chateaux and refined dining. Ten thousand miles later his family's been attacked by a donkey, had a run-in with a death-cult and, after a near drowning and a calamitous wedding experience involving a British spy, his own marriage is in jeopardy. A combination of obsessions about mosquitoes, French gravel and vegetable theme parks mean it's a bumpy ride as Ben takes a stand against tyrannical French pool attendants, finds himself running with the bulls ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780755364565
SKU
V9780755364565
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About Ben Hatch
Ben Hatch was born in London and grew up here, in Manchester and Buckinghamshire, where he lived in a Windmill that meant he was called Windy Miller at school for years, though he's not been scared by this experience at all. He now lives in Brighton with his tiny wife Dinah, and two children, in a normal house. He likes ... Read more
Reviews for Road to Rouen
A funny, poignant tale of life and surviving it
Guardian
Haven't laughed as much in ages
Mike Gayle
A lovely, funny, scary adventure
Tim Brooke-Taylor
I loved Ben Hatch's funny, honest, touching memoir
Jenny Colgan
Fantastically funny and touching. I laughed and winced and will never look at baguettes in the same ... Read more
Guardian
Haven't laughed as much in ages
Mike Gayle
A lovely, funny, scary adventure
Tim Brooke-Taylor
I loved Ben Hatch's funny, honest, touching memoir
Jenny Colgan
Fantastically funny and touching. I laughed and winced and will never look at baguettes in the same ... Read more