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The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
Jonathan Cape,
Winner British Guild of Travel Writers&#; Book of the Year.
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, currently being translated into numerous languages.
Out now in the USA published by Picador.
The whole world wants to learn the secrets of Nordic exceptionalism: why are the Danes the happiest people in the world, despite having the highest taxes?
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If the Finns really have the best education system, how come they still think all Swedish men are gay? Are the Icelanders really feral? How are the Norwegians spending their fantastical oil wealth? And why do all of them hate the Swedes?
Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians, on and off, for over ten years, perplexed by their many strange paradoxes and character traits and equally bemused by the unquestioning enthusiasm for all things Nordic that has engulfed the rest of the world, whether it be for their food, television, social systems or