{"product_id":"a-tall-man-in-a-low-land-some-time-among-the-belgians-9780349112060","title":"A Tall Man in a Low Land: Some Time Among the Belgians","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Harry Pearson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: MixIG\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: MixIG\u003cbr\u003e • Subject: General Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost British travel writers head south for a destination that is hot, exotic, dangerous or all three. Harry Pearson chose to head in the opposite direction for a country which is damp, safe and of legendary banality: Belgium. But can any nation whose most famous monument is a statue of a small boy urinating really be that dull? Pearson lived there for several months, burying himself in the local culture. He drank many of the 800 different beers the Belgians produce; ate local delicacies such as kip kap (jellied pig cheeks) and a mighty tonnage of chicory and chips. In one restaurant the house speciality was 'Hare in the style of grandmother'. 'I didn't order it. I quite like hare, but had no wish to see one wearing zip-up boots and a blue beret.' A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND commemorates strange events such as The Festival of Shrimps at Oostduinkerke and laments the passing of the Underpant Museum in Brussels. No reader will go away from A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND without being able to name at least ten famous Belgians. Mixing evocative description and low-grade buffoonery Harry Pearson paints a portrait of Belgium that is more rounded than a Smurf after a night on the mussels.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abacus (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45046436429975,"sku":"9780349112060","price":1123.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780349112060.webp?v=1769218191","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-tall-man-in-a-low-land-some-time-among-the-belgians-9780349112060","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}