The kingdom by the sea

– a journey round the coast of Great Britain –

“After eleven years living as an American in London, Paul Theroux set out to travel clockwise round the coast and find out what Britain and the British are really like. It was 1982, the summer of the Falklands War and the royal baby, and the ideal time, he found, to surprise the British into talking about themselves. The result is vivid, and – as you’d expect from the author of The Great Railway Bazaar – absolutely riveting reading.’makes superbly vivid and engaging reading.”