Here Comes the Fun
A Journey Into the Serious Business of Having a Laugh
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Icon Books
Published:25th May '23
Should be back in stock very soon
AS SEEN ON SUNDAY BRUNCH
FROM FISHING AND FLYING TO FRENCH COOKING - BEN AITKEN'S YEAR OF ACTIVELY PURSUING FUN.
'What Aitken writes about fun is worth reading' Mail on Sunday
Are you getting enough? Bestselling travel writer Ben Aitken wasn't.
Increasingly flat and decreasingly zen, Ben gave boredom the boot and stress the cold shoulder by embarking on a whimsical journey into the serious business of having a laugh.
He did a pilgrimage in Spain, a summer camp in Kent, and a cruise of the Baltic with 2,000 grannies. And when he wasn't on the road, he searched for merriment at home: by giving bridge a go, volunteering a chance, and gardening a crack of the whip.
By incorporating the thoughts of key thinkers and boffins, Here Comes the Fun offers a satisfying balance of the playful and the profound, the serious and the silly, the daft and the deep.
What Aitken writes about fun is worth reading ... **** - four stars! * Mail on Sunday *
A great book -- Simon Rimmer, Sunday Brunch
Aitken's writing is always a delight -- Madeleine Bunting, author of The Seaside
Boy, can he write * Daily Mail *
Irresistible. A buzzing mixture of experiment, farce and revelation as Ben Aitken road-tests the outer limits of fun till they squeak. -- Christopher Somerville, Walking Correspondent of The Times
Ben Aitken finds the funny in everything but he does so without ever losing his warmth or his curiosity. He didn't just make me laugh - he made me want to be a better person. Life affirming and - yes - fun! -- Max Dickins, author of Billy No-Mates
ISBN: 9781837730056
Dimensions: 222mm x 144mm x 31mm
Weight: 437g
312 pages