# A Tall Man In A Low Land

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- Book: [A Tall Man In A Low Land](https://www.bookquiver.com/harry-pearson/a-tall-man-in-a-low-land) ([A Tall Man In A Low Land.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/harry-pearson/a-tall-man-in-a-low-land.md))
- Authors: [Harry Pearson](https://www.bookquiver.com/harry-pearson)
- Publisher: abacus
- ISBN: 978-03-4911-206-0
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2003-01-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Most British travel writers head south for a destination that is hot, exotic, dangerous or all three. Harry Pearson chose to head in the opposite direction for a country which is damp, safe and of legendary banality: Belgium. But can any nation whose most famous monument is a statue of a small boy urinating really be that dull? Pearson lived there for several months, burying himself in the local culture. He drank many of the 800 different beers the Belgians produce; ate local delicacies such as kip kap (jellied pig cheeks) and a mighty tonnage of chicory and chips. In one restaurant the house speciality was 'Hare in the style of grandmother'. 'I didn't order it. I quite like hare, but had no wish to see one wearing zip-up boots and a blue beret.' A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND commemorates strange events such as The Festival of Shrimps at Oostduinkerke and laments the passing of the Underpant Museum in Brussels. No reader will go away from A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND without being able to name at least ten famous Belgians. Mixing evocative description and low-grade buffoonery Harry Pearson paints a portrait of Belgium that is more rounded than a Smurf after a night on the mussels.