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Crap Towns: The Top 50 Crap Towns of Britain ISBN: 0752215825 ISBN13: 9780752215822 Crap Towns: The Top 50 Crap Towns of Britain By: Sam Jordison ; Dan Kieran ; Idler Publisher: Boxtree Ltd Format: Hardback Our Price: 6.60 Discount: 34% RRP: 10.00

Crap Towns is a humerous guide to the 50 worst towns in Britain. From inner city poverty to self-satisfied middle England, from the dull and the lifeless to the ugly and the depressing, no concrete monstrosity or phoney heritage centre will be left untouched. This title will prove that Britain isn't just the place of warm beer, cosy bed and breakfasts and amiable old gits that some travel books would have us believe. With burnt out cars, shell suits, cheap shoe shops and housing estates patrolled by rabid dogs and feral kids, Britain can be every bit as challenging a destination as the places gap year students and serious travellers' usually go for their poverty and misery kick. Crap Towns started life on the website of The Idler magazine when readers were asked to write short pieces on awful places they knew and despised. The idea captured imaginations throughout the internet community, receiving countless word-of-mouth recommendations from websites, chat rooms and weblogs. It is now a regular feature of The Idler and consists of statistics, anecdotes, history and other bits of info sent in by readers.The book selects the top 50 crap towns in Britain and reveals them in


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Crap Towns started life on the website of The Idler magazine when readers were asked to write short pieces on awful places they knew and despised. This title is an irreverent guide to the 50 worst towns in Britain.

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