Musing during a quiet period of play in an England World Cup qualifier I realised that I knew next to nothing about our opponents, Montenegro. I knew that Montenegro was once part of Yugoslavia, but apart from that, nothing, not even the name of the capital city. Okay, I could remember that someone called Hugo Montenegro had a hit with the theme from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" back in the 70's but that doesn't count. Spurred on by this I decided to read Montenegro or Bust, figuring that it would be an ideal way to increase my knowledge of the place, but I was disappointed because whilst it taught me a little about its bars and restaurants it didn't tell me hardly anything about Montenegro, the country. Montenegro or Bust should not, therefore, be classified as being a travel book. Instead this is intended to be a humorous account of a holiday that three old friend's spent in Montenegro, a bit like The Last of the Summer Wine goes to the Balkans. Unfortunately humorous writing is a difficult skill to pull off and I'm afraid Paul Richard Scott doesn't get it right; his style is abrasive but instead of being funny he comes over as being offensive and unpleasant. A case in point is when he writes about life's Kens. Based on an old colleague, the author describes a Ken as being a smug, irritating know-it-all. Pot, kettle and black were the first words that came to mind when I read this. Also his attitude towards women, or girlies, as he condescendingly insists on calling them, left a bad taste in the mouth, as he resembled the sort of lecherous character that Sid James used to portray in Carry On films.
The best I can say for this book is that it helped pass a few hours but I did not particularly like it.
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Recensito nel Regno Unito il 21 giugno 2012