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OverviewWhen Ben Aitken learnt that his gran had enjoyed a four-night holiday including four three-course dinners, four cooked breakfasts, four games of bingo, a pair of excursions, sixteen pints of lager and luxury return coach travel, all for a hundred pounds, he thought, that's the life, and signed himself up. Six times over. Good value aside, what Ben was really after was the company of his elders - those with more chapters under their belt, with the wisdom granted by experience, the candour gifted by time, and the hard-earned ability to live each day like it's nearly their last. A series of coach holidays ensued - from Scarborough to St Ives, Killarney to Lake Como - during which Ben attempts to shake off his thirty-something blues by getting old as soon as possible. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ben AitkenPublisher: Icon Books Imprint: Icon Books Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.316kg ISBN: 9781785786488ISBN 10: 1785786482 Pages: 306 Publication Date: 03 September 2020 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsBoth moving and hilarious -- Spectator * Books of the Year * A tale of gloriously eccentric British pensioners [and] a light-hearted travelogue ... [but] so much more than that as well. The pen portraits of his fellow holidaymakers are wonderful. And boy, can he write. -- Daily Mail * Book of the Week * Funny and moving ... the type of gentle travel writing that will leave you aching to visit a local seaside resort. -- Stylist 'Both moving and hilarious' -- Spectator * Books of the Year * 'A tale of gloriously eccentric British pensioners [and] a light-hearted travelogue ... [but] so much more than that as well. The pen portraits of his fellow holidaymakers are wonderful. And boy, can he write.' -- Daily Mail * Book of the Week * 'Both moving and hilarious' -- Spectator * Books of the Year * 'A tale of gloriously eccentric British pensioners [and] a light-hearted travelogue ... [but] so much more than that as well. The pen portraits of his fellow holidaymakers are wonderful. And boy, can he write.' -- Daily Mail * Book of the Week * 'Funny and moving ... the type of gentle travel writing that will leave you aching to visit a local seaside resort.' -- Stylist 'A tale of gloriously eccentric British pensioners [and] a light-hearted travelogue ... [but] so much more than that as well. The pen portraits of his fellow holidaymakers are wonderful. And boy, can he write.' -- Daily Mail * Book of the Week * 'Both moving and hilarious' -- Spectator * Books of the Year * Author InformationBen Aitken was born under Thatcher, grew to six foot then stopped, and is an Aquarius. He is the author of Dear Bill Bryson: Footnotes from a Small Island (2015) and A Chip Shop in Poznan: My Unlikely Year in Poland (2019), 'one of the funniest books of the year' (Paul Ross, talkRadio). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |