Iceland, Defrosted
Edward Hancox
Paperback
This is the story of one Englishman’s obsession with a half-frozen, roughly duck-shaped island in the cold north Atlantic.
- ISBN 9781781321089
- Published Jun 2013
- Paperback
203 x 127mm (290 pages)
£11.99
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This is the story of one Englishman’s obsession with a half-frozen, roughly duck-shaped island in the cold North Atlantic.
Iceland, Defrosted is less about wars over cod, flight-halting volcanoes and globe-shattering financiers, and more about relaxing in natural hot pots, sharing barbeques in howling winter storms and eating waffles and rhubarb jam while watching playful Arctic foxes. Oh, and desperately, desperately searching for the elusive Northern Lights (which might not exist anyway).
Loosely based on a circuitous route around Iceland, it concentrates on places, people and experiences, soundtracked by the coolest Icelandic musicians, all wrapped up in the warmest
lopapeysa and jump-started with the strongest coffee.
It is a story that’s almost a love letter, born from a constant yearning for this special place and fuelled by a growing understanding and a desire to uncover the real Iceland.
Edward Hancox lives in Shropshire with his wife and small, noisy child but spends as much time as he can in Iceland. Music – especially contemporary Icelandic music – is his other passion. He writes about both subjects for various magazines and websites, including Iceland Review, Atlantica, and the Reykjavík Grapevine, and on his blog, icelanddefrosted.com.
Edward enjoys growing plants, which, not unlike himself, are tall and thin. He has had particular success with bamboo and rhubarb. It is not possible to grow bamboo in Iceland, but rhubarb is surprisingly prevalent.
'A devoted fan of all things Icelandic – and particularly Icelandic music – Edward Hancox has shared his amusing anecdotes the world over through his colorful columns on
Iceland Review online. His readers will be sure to welcome his publishing debut.'
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Eygló Arnarsdóttir — Iceland Review'A quirky, easy-reading insight into the country'
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Wanderlust'Get rid of your guidebook immediately and instead bring along Hancox’s comical and honest suggestions'
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Iceland Review'A deeply personal tale with a warm-hearted focus'
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National Geographic Traveller 'His words have stayed with me and whilst travelling I had a little
Iceland, Defrosted voice in the back of my head.'
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Charlotte Theobold — Arctic Adventures'Hancox knows his Björk from his Borko'
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Ólafur Arnalds — musician and composer
Download press clipping of National Geographic feature here.
Download press clipping of Wanderlust feature here.
Check out Edward's Sunday Express article on 'all things Icelandic' here.
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