Batting on the Bosphorus

Batting On The Bosphorus is the best-selling international travelogue, written by cricket-obsessed Scotsman Angus Bell. It is a riotous account of Angus’ 8,000-mile odyssey through central & Eastern Europe in a Skoda, meeting the world’s strangest cricket teams, on the advice of a Canadian clairvoyant. A tale involving MI6 agents, fingerless terrorists, and matches next to minefields, Batting on the Bosphorus was narrated on Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4, and featured as book of the week in The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, and the Independent on Sunday.

“I challenge you to put this book down…even if you aren’t interested in cricket, by the time you’ve finished you will be. This is a beautifully written work that will have you laughing out loud.” Cricket World

“This book deserves to be as big a hit as the blow dealt a cricket ball on the bridge over the Bosphorus, propelling it from Europe into Asia.” Daily Telegraph

“Very, very funny!” CBC

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