John Preston

Why are Scandinavians so happy when they should be so sad? 

Boring, lazy people who eat filthy food — there's no such thing as the 'Nordic miracle', pooh-poohs Michael Booth in The Almost Nearly Perfect People

Do you believe in Elves? Photo: John Anster Fitzgerald
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  • The Almost Nearly Perfect People: The Truth About the Nordic Miracle

    Michael Booth

    Cape, pp. 416

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