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Travel Month at Sauchiehall Street in April
TU“ TIM APR 7.00 pM MOORE ‘FROST ON MY MOUSTACHE’ An hilarious commentary on one man’s attempt to keep a stiff upper lip when it felt like it might fall off. Tickets £2/£1 concession (redeemable against the boob) MON IOSIE APR 7.00 PM
‘RIDE IN THE NEON SUN”
Josie recounts her experiences riding her bike around Japan. Join her for an evening of wheels, chairs and true adven- tures and don’t bring the car; cycle!
Tickets £2/£1 concession (redeemable against the book)
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BOOKS REVIEWS continued
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is alight with a Rushdie-esque rewriting . of history as ’Gamal Rhaman' hobnobs with the rulers and incites bloody,
Muslim fervour.
Lampooning Rushdie’s metaphors
and attention to allegorical detail Wlll
delight those resident in Ivory Towers. But for the more common reader, only
the occasional laugh will rise above the
cloying prose. (TD)
COMEDY TRAVELOGUE Frost On My Moustache
Tim Moore (Abacus £10.99) ** it ‘k Self~confessed failed dandy Tim Moore has made 'loafing’ his lifetime’s work. And yet Frost On My Moustache charts a strenuous, not to say life-threatening, Arctic expedition.
The catalyst for such an out-of- character undertaking is a gift to Moore from his Icelandic wife — a journal by the immensely egotistical and forgotten Victorian adventurer Lord Dufferin, detailing his journey to Iceland, Norway and beyond the Arctic circle.
A bizarre affinity With Dufferin plus gUiIt for his own slothful ways compel Moore to board a freighter at Grimsby bound for Iceland, armed with his mountain bike and a rucksack full of Beanfeasts.
Incredibly, Moore’s inept attempt to replicate Dufferin’s grand journey across
‘ stormy seas and icy and volcanic landscapes didn't result in an early death. What it did produce is a hilarious read,
observant, sardonic and admirably self- deprecating in just the right proportions. iMF‘i
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CONTRIBUTORS THIS ISSUE: Alison Chiesa, Thom Dibdin, Brian Donaldson, Miles Fielder, Teddy lamieson, Jonathan Ti'ew
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