{"product_id":"the-almost-nearly-perfect-people-behind-the-myth-of-the-scandinavian-utopia","title":"The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Booth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e VINTAGE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 24-03-2015\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 22427970\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e The Danes are the happiest people in the world, and pay the highest taxes.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'Neutral' Sweden is one of the biggest arms manufacturers in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFinns have the largest per capita gun ownership after the US and Yemen.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n54 per cent of Icelanders believe in elves.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nNorway is the richest country on earth.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n5 per cent of Danish men have had sex with an animal.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nMichael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians, on and off, for over ten years, perplexed by their many strange paradoxes and character traits and equally bemused by the unquestioning enthusiasm for all things Nordic and hygge that has engulfed the rest of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe leaves his adopted home of Denmark and embarks on a journey through all five of the Nordic countries to discover who these curious tribes are, the secrets of their success and, most intriguing of all, what they think of each other. Along the way a more nuanced, often darker picture emerges of a region plagued by taboos, characterised by suffocating parochialism and populated by extremists of various shades.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'The next Bill Bryson.’ New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'Beautifully observed and very funny' Rory Stewart\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWinner of the Best Narrative Travel Book Award from the British Guild of Travel Writers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780099546078\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.7 x 5.0 x 1.3 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VINTAGE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66561370063152,"sku":"Trans_9780099546078","price":386.93,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/81GmvhHapCL.jpg?v=1776438357","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/the-almost-nearly-perfect-people-behind-the-myth-of-the-scandinavian-utopia","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}