{"product_id":"the-gran-tour-ben-aitken-9781785787041","title":"The Gran Tour","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne millennial, six coach trips, one big generation gap.  'Both moving and hilarious' - Spectator, Books of the Year  'A tale of gloriously eccentric British pensioners. Aitken rivals Alan Bennett in the ear he has for an eavesdropped remark ... boy, can he write.' - Daily Mail, Book of the Week  FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ACCLAIMED A CHIP SHOP IN POZNAN  One millennial, six coach trips, one big generation gap.  When Ben Aitken learnt that his gran had enjoyed a four-night holiday including four three-course dinners, four cooked breakfasts, four games of bingo, a pair of excursions, sixteen pints of lager and luxury return coach travel, all for a hundred pounds, he thought, that's the life, and signed himself up. Six times over.  Good value aside, what Ben was really after was the company of his elders - those with more chapters under their belt, with the wisdom granted by experience, the candour gifted by time, and the hard-earned ability to live each day like it's nearly their last.  A series of coach holidays ensued - from Scarborough to St Ives, Killarney to Lake Como - during which Ben attempts to shake off his thirty-something blues by getting old as soon as possible.  AUTHOR: Ben Aitken was born under Thatcher, grew to six foot then stopped, and is an Aquarius. He is the author of Dear Bill Bryson: Footnotes from a Small Island (2015) and A Chip Shop in Poznan: My Unlikely Year in Poland (2019), 'one of the funniest books of the year' (Paul Ross, talkRadio).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ben Aitken","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43857839227123,"sku":"9781785787041","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781785787041.jpg?v=1691266957","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-gran-tour-ben-aitken-9781785787041","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}