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	title:	Frost on My Moustache: Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer
	author:	Tim Moore
	format:	Paperback
	publisher:	Abacus
	released:	January 6, 2000
	isbn:	0349111405
	isbn-13:	9780349111407

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Book Details / Review - supplied by Amazon UK
The Lord of Frost on my Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and Loafer is Victorian diplomat, Marquess Dufferin, who sailed his private yacht to Iceland and the Arctic Circle and back in 1856. The Loafer is Tim Moore, a London journalist who decides to follow in the great man's footsteps. "Dufferin seems the personification of Kipling's If,observes Moore; "I'm more of a 'But...' man myself." The resulting book brilliantly contrasts the derring-do of Dufferin's heroic gentleman-adventurer exploits (icebergs, polar bears and so on) with the derring-don't of Moore, who gets sea-sick, saddle-sore and twists his ankle. Moore has a great sense for timing a punch-line; this is some of the best comic travel writing since Bill Bryson or maybe even Jerome K. Jerome. For example, he turns suffering seasickness on a boat to Iceland into a laugh-out-loud, gut-pummelling episode. In this reviewer's opinion, Frost on my Moustache is sure to become a comic classic. --Adam Roberts

Book Details / Review - supplied by Amazon UK

The Lord of Frost on my Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and Loafer is Victorian diplomat, Marquess Dufferin, who sailed his private yacht to Iceland and the Arctic Circle and back in 1856. The Loafer is Tim Moore, a London journalist who decides to follow in the great man's footsteps. "Dufferin seems the personification of Kipling's If,observes Moore; "I'm more of a 'But...' man myself."

The resulting book brilliantly contrasts the derring-do of Dufferin's heroic gentleman-adventurer exploits (icebergs, polar bears and so on) with the derring-don't of Moore, who gets sea-sick, saddle-sore and twists his ankle. Moore has a great sense for timing a punch-line; this is some of the best comic travel writing since Bill Bryson or maybe even Jerome K. Jerome. For example, he turns suffering seasickness on a boat to Iceland into a laugh-out-loud, gut-pummelling episode. In this reviewer's opinion, Frost on my Moustache is sure to become a comic classic. --Adam Roberts

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Customer Reviews
A hard book to read - Rated Normally with a book I'll read it in a couple of day's, but with this I'm having trouble. I really want to finish it, some of the humour is really quite funny, but the rest is just drivel. Mr Moore reminds me of what I dislike about human society. Making friends with people, getting them to help him and not giving anything in return. I'm sure some people do find this book an entertaining read. But if you don't want to hear a middle class man, ramble on about a negative view of the world. Then don't bother. bad book - Rated the contents of this book are rubbish.Most of it is simply not true about Iceland Warning - Rated This book is the worst i have read in ages. Do not know where the 4 stars came from on the review!!!!! Made me want to write something. - Rated I didn't but this book was so great, so funny that I wished I could write something! it is sad that it was writtern - Rated I had high hopes for this book but unfortunatly it was a great disappiontment. First i should say that this book is well writtern, Moore is tallented, that is not what ruins this story. What makes this book not worth concidering is the negitive attitude in which it is writtern. Firstly Moore finds the worst of every situation, then secondly puts down the people of the countries he visits and finally the countries. This is not done in an itellegent manor, which the beginning of the book suggests but in a spoilt child winge. All that aside what was really made this book a shame it was published is the way he insults Iceland. This would not be a problem if what he wrote was accurate but the book is full of such obscured truths and in some cases simlpe fiction, yet told as solid fact, that it is just painful to think some of these 'facts' my be belived by readers. That is why it is sad that it was writtern.

Customer Reviews

A hard book to read - Rated 1/5
Normally with a book I'll read it in a couple of day's, but with this I'm having trouble. I really want to finish it, some of the humour is really quite funny, but the rest is just drivel.
Mr Moore reminds me of what I dislike about human society. Making friends with people, getting them to help him and not giving anything in return.

I'm sure some people do find this book an entertaining read.
But if you don't want to hear a middle class man, ramble on about a negative view of the world. Then don't bother.

bad book - Rated 1/5
the contents of this book are rubbish.Most of it is simply not true about Iceland

Warning - Rated 1/5
This book is the worst i have read in ages. Do not know where the 4 stars came from on the review!!!!!

Made me want to write something. - Rated 5/5
I didn't but this book was so great, so funny that I wished I could write something!

it is sad that it was writtern - Rated 2/5
I had high hopes for this book but unfortunatly it was a great disappiontment. First i should say that this book is well writtern, Moore is tallented, that is not what ruins this story. What makes this book not worth concidering is the negitive attitude in which it is writtern. Firstly Moore finds the worst of every situation, then secondly puts down the people of the countries he visits and finally the countries. This is not done in an itellegent manor, which the beginning of the book suggests but in a spoilt child winge. All that aside what was really made this book a shame it was published is the way he insults Iceland. This would not be a problem if what he wrote was accurate but the book is full of such obscured truths and in some cases simlpe fiction, yet told as solid fact, that it is just painful to think some of these 'facts' my be belived by readers. That is why it is sad that it was writtern.