Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North
Stuart Maconie is the best thing to come out of Wigan since the A58 to Bolton Peter Kay An heir to Alan Bennett ... stirring and rather wonderful -- Anthony Quinn Sunday Times Funnier than Bill Bryson. There's lots to love about Maconie's North - even for Southern Jessies Metro Maconie makes a jovial, self-deprecating narrator. Sharp and funny Guardian A lyrical, passionate, humorous and argumentative tour du force ... Imagine Nick Danzinger meets Nik Cohen meets Ricky Tomlinson and you've got the perfect blend of humorously incisive northern-travel writing. An early contender for best travel book of the year. Big Issue North