num_pages: 176
description: First published in 1961 The Fat of the Land is now being re-issued in Faber Paperbacks. For this edition the author has made revisions and has written a new chapter - 'Thirteen Years After'.'Is it feasible to opt out from the industrial-mercantile society and keep yourself alive on five acres? So many people think longingly about this very thing. It is a favourite dream. I want to recommend this book to them all. It is a practical, details, documented, down-to-earth account of one family's adventure in being self-supporting...I don't know when I read a book that so gripped the imagination.' - The Countryman.Taken from the back of the book.
language: English
title: The Fat of the Land
titlecomplete: The Fat of the Land
genres: Nonfiction, Biography, Gardening, Sustainability
ratings_count: 182
publisher: Faber & Faber