To view prices and purchase online, please login or create an account now.



Another Fine Mess

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Another Fine Mess
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Tim Moore
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:368
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 153
Category/GenreRoad and motor vehicles
Expeditions
ISBN/Barcode 9781787290235
ClassificationsDewey:917.304933
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Vintage Publishing
Imprint Yellow Jersey Press
Publication Date 8 November 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Tim Moore - indefatigable travelling everyman - switches two wheels for four as he journeys across Trumpland in an original Model T Ford. Tim Moore - indefatigable travelling everyman - switches two wheels for four as he journeys across Trumpland in an original Model T Ford. 'Alarmingly full of incident, very funny - even mildly transformative' Daily Mail Lacking even the most basic mechanical knowhow, Tim Moore sets out to cross Trumpland USA in an original Model T Ford. Armed only with a fan belt made of cotton, wooden wheels and a trunkload of 'wise-ass Limey liberal gumption', his route takes him exclusively through Donald-voting counties, meeting the everyday folks who voted red along the way. He meets a people defined by extraordinary generosity, willing to shift heaven and earth to keep him on the road. And yet, this is clearly a nation in conflict with itself- citizens 'tooling up' in reaction to ever-increasing security fears; a healthcare system creaking to support sugar-loaded soda lovers; a disintegrating rust belt all but forgotten by the warring media and political classes. With his trademark blend of slapstick humour, affable insight and butt-clenching peril, Tim Moore invites us on an unforgettable road trip through America. Buckle up!

Author Biography

Tim Moore's writing has appeared in the Daily Telegraph, the Observer, the Sunday Times and Esquire. He is the author of Gironimo!, French Revolutions, Do Not Pass Go, Spanish Steps, Nul Points, I Believe In Yesterday and You Are Awful (But I Like You). He lives in London.

Reviews

An easy and enjoyable read, it's as much about the roadtrip in a vintage car as it is observations on the current political climate in America * Classic Ford * Moore... [is] very good at soaking up the strangeness of America and relating it to readers with an easy-going observational humour that only threatens to desert him when he contemplates the excesses of the current administration -- Alistair Mabbott * The Herald * Hilarious and scary often in equal measure -- Nat Barnes * Daily Express * This is The Wizard of Oz in reverse - an attempt to uncover the source of what went wrong in America... What lingers is the stories of communities brimming with people who worked like dogs to learn a trade in a country they believed would reward them -- Jane Graham * Big Issue * Alarmingly full of incident, very funny - even mildly transformative -- Jane Shilling * Daily Mail *