The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
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The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia

'The next Bill Bryson.' New York Times

Winner of the Best Narrative Travel Book Award from the British Guild of Travel Writers


The Danes are the happiest people in the world, and pay the highest taxes.

'Neutral' Sweden is one of the biggest arms manufacturers in the world.

Finns have the largest per capita gun ownership after the US and Yemen.

54 per cent of Icelanders believe in elves.

Norway is the richest country on earth.

5 per cent of Danish men have had sex with an animal.

Michael 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
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Publisher : VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET; 1st edition (1 April 2015)
Language : English
Paperback : 416 pages
ISBN-10 : 0099546078
ISBN-13 : 978-0099546078
Dimensions : 12.9 x 2.5 x 19.8 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 35,382 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
4 in History of Sweden
5 in History of Finland
6 in History of Denmark
Customer Reviews: 4.3
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