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      A Chip Shop in Poznan: My Unlikely Year in Poland

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      Why do the Poles leave Poland? Travel writer Ben Aitken booked a one-way ticket to Poznan to find out. This account of his year is a bittersweet portrait of an unsung country.
      A TIMES BESTSELLER''One of the funniest books of the year'' - Paul Ross, talkRADIOWARNING: CONTAIN...

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      Product ID:9781785786266
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:A Chip Shop in Poznan
      Subtitle:My Unlikely Year in Poland
      Authors:Author: Ben Aitken
      Page Count:368
      Subjects:Travel writing, Travel writing
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      Why do the Poles leave Poland? Travel writer Ben Aitken booked a one-way ticket to Poznan to find out. This account of his year is a bittersweet portrait of an unsung country.
      A TIMES BESTSELLER''One of the funniest books of the year'' - Paul Ross, talkRADIOWARNING: CONTAINS AN UNLIKELY IMMIGRANT, AN UNSUNG COUNTRY, A BUMPY ROMANCE, SEVERAL SHATTERED PRECONCEPTIONS, TRACES OF INSIGHT, A DOZEN NUNS AND A REFERENDUM.Not many Brits move to Poland to work in a fish and chip shop.Fewer still come back wanting to be a Member of the European Parliament.In 2016 Ben Aitken moved to Poland while he still could. It wasn''t love that took him but curiosity: he wanted to know what the Poles in the UK had left behind. He flew to a place he''d never heard of and then accepted a job in a chip shop on the minimum wage.When he wasn''t peeling potatoes he was on the road scratching the country''s surface: he milked cows with a Eurosceptic farmer; missed the bus to Auschwitz; spent Christmas with complete strangers and went to Gdansk to learn how communism got the chop. By the year''s end he had a better sense of what the Poles had turned their backs on - southern mountains, northern beaches, dumplings! - and an uncanny ability to bone cod.This is a candid, funny and offbeat tale of a year as an unlikely immigrant.
      Imprint Name:Icon Books
      Publisher Name:Icon Books
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2020-07-02

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      Weight274 g
      Dimensions129 × 196 × 24 mm