About
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Angus Bell is a whisky-swilling Scotsman who spends his life pursuing misfortune for the sake of a good story. Whether it be hunting landmines in his Škoda in Croatia, visiting the Romanian dentist, dining on goat brain in the cave of a weird, one-eyed lady in Turkey, or being cursed by a man with gold teeth in Ukraine, his experiences in 43 countries, he can promise, are entirely true. In fact, short of serious injury, death, or alien abduction, anything that could have gone wrong for him, has - and he loves it. He now lives in Montreal, just five minutes from Ikea, in a suburb where everyone wears slippers and has a snow blower. His work is divided by writing, coaching cricket, and public speaking engagements. He spends his spare hours playing and organising cricket for Pirates of the St Lawrence. The Book If you have or have not read Harry Potter, you will enjoy Batting on the Bosphorus. It’s a true story about driving 8,000 miles around the former Soviet Bloc in a Skoda, playing cricket against the world’s strangest teams, on the advice of a Canadian psychic. Originally self-published as Slogging The Slavs and sold out of the author’s bedroom, the book is now published in five continents and available anywhere except North Korea. Angus’s mum urges you to read it on public transport, and to order 5,000 copies through your local library. In 2008, the book was serialised on BBC Radio 4′s Book of the Week. The book is published by Canongate (UK & Ireland), Penguin Books (South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand), Douglas & MacIntyre (USA & Canada) Other writing credits include: The Sunday Times (South Africa) |