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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. This book deals with Nordic countries.

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Comprehensive and occasionally downright hilarious... I was laughing out loud -- Mariella Frostrup * Observer *
An affectionate and informative study of a region. -- Ian Critchley * Sunday Times *
[An] entertaining, warts-and-all, English expat look at the Nordic miracle. * Daily Telegraph *
A thoroughly entertaining read, written brilliantly -- Bernard Porter * Literary Review *
A welcome rejoinder to those who cling to the idea of the Nordic region as a promised land...the substance, more often than not, is spot on. * Financial Times *

The Almost Nearly Perfect People

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    A Paperback / softback by Michael Booth

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: 12/02/2015
      ISBN13: 9780099546078, 978-0099546078
      ISBN10: 0099546078
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      Non Fiction History Social and cultural history Humour

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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. This book deals with Nordic countries.

      Trade Review
      Comprehensive and occasionally downright hilarious... I was laughing out loud -- Mariella Frostrup * Observer *
      An affectionate and informative study of a region. -- Ian Critchley * Sunday Times *
      [An] entertaining, warts-and-all, English expat look at the Nordic miracle. * Daily Telegraph *
      A thoroughly entertaining read, written brilliantly -- Bernard Porter * Literary Review *
      A welcome rejoinder to those who cling to the idea of the Nordic region as a promised land...the substance, more often than not, is spot on. * Financial Times *

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