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From Aintree to York: Racing Around Britain Book

Explores Britain using the cultural melting pot of the UK's 60 racecourses as the staging posts. During the travels, this book presents the frequent absurdity of the British, the peculiarities of their institutions and develops a critique of one of the country's favorite pastimes. It is aimed at a racegoer, traveler, or first time visitor.Read More

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  • Foyles

    Writer and psychologist Stephen Cartmell set off to explore Britain using the cultural melting pot of the UK's 60 racecourses as his staging posts. During his travels the author observed the frequent absurdity of the British, the peculiarities of their institutions and developed a satirical critique of one of the country's favourite pastimes.With his acute eye for observation, an appreciation of the ridiculous and the ability to find humour even in the face of petty officialdom, this acclaimed book is not simply a travelogue of racing but a key to understanding Britain and its curiously comical inhabitants. Racegoer, traveller or first time visitor, Stephen Cartmell's colourful stories are sure to entertain.

  • Blackwell

    With an acute eye for observation and appreciation of the ridiculous, the author, a psychologist, sets out to visit each of the UK's 59 racecourses. The result is not simply a travelogue of racing but a key to understanding Britain and its...

  • 0553817469
  • 9780553817461
  • Stephen Cartmell
  • 3 April 2006
  • Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 352
  • New Ed
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