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Swiss Watching: Inside Europe’s Landlocked Island

Swiss Watching: Inside Europe’s Landlocked Island by Diccon Bewes is very firmly in the best sellers list despite being published over four years’ ago. It is a light, warmly humorous yet revealing description of this most special country. Bewes stylishly convinces the reader that there’s more to Switzerland than yodelling, skis, money, strangely detailed regulations, political accountability, fabulous scenery and cheese.

This is a picture of the real Switzerland. A strongly recommended read for people arriving here who want to understand the place they have landed in; for long-term residents who may wish to be know more about how the country and society operates, and indeed for the Swiss themselves, who may be interested (and bemused) to see how others see them.

Rank	Title	Author	Published By	Genre
1	The Fault in Our Stars. Film tie-in	Green, John	Penguin Books	Teenager Fiction
2	Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage	Murakami, Haruki	Harvill Secker	Fiction Hard Cover
3	Personal	Child, Lee	Doubleday Bantam Trade	Thriller
4	The Goldfinch	Tartt, Donna	Abacus	Fiction Paperback
5	Adultery	Coelho, Paulo	Random House	Fiction Hard Cover
6	Swiss Watching: Inside Europe’s landlocked island	Bewes, Diccon	Nicholas Brealey	History
7	The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden	Jonasson, Jonas	Fourth Estate Ltd	Fiction Paperback
8	Bones never lie	Reichs, Kathy	Heinemann	Thriller
9	Be Careful What You Wish For (Clifton Chronicles: Book 4)	Archer, Jeffrey	Pan Book	Thriller
10	The Signature of All Things	Gilbert, Elizabeth	Penguin Books	Fiction Paperback

 

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