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‘A fond, funny and sometimes critical account of this remarkable country that has defied nature for centuries—and will have to keep defying it as the waters rise. Walton is a wonderful guide to the Netherlands’ hidden oddities, and perhaps even to the country’s soul.’ -- <b>Simon Kuper, author of <i>Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK</i></b> ‘The Netherlands is a wonderful, important and still underrated country. Nicholas Walton’s Orange Sky, Rising Water is the best introduction to the country I have found.’ -- <b>Tyler Cowen, author of <i>The Complacent Class</i> and <i>Average Is Over</i></b> ‘In muddy Holland, where the Dutch struggle to survive climate change and the bluntness of their fellow citizens, Walton found natural beauty, plenty of history—and some disturbing traits of these funny-talking people. Food for thought, wrapped in English wit.’ -- <b>Pauline Terreehorst, <i>de Volkskrant</i> columnist, and author of <i>Secrets of a Suitcase: The Countess, the Nazis, and Middle Europe’s Lost Nobility</i></b>

‘A fond, funny and sometimes critical account of this remarkable country that has defied nature for centuries—and will have to keep defying it as the waters rise. Walton is a wonderful guide to the Netherlands’ hidden oddities, and perhaps even to the country’s soul.’ -- <b>Simon Kuper, author of <i>Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK</i></b> ‘The Netherlands is a wonderful, important and still underrated country. Nicholas Walton’s Orange Sky, Rising Water is the best introduction to the country I have found.’ -- <b>Tyler Cowen, author of <i>The Complacent Class</i> and <i>Average Is Over</i></b>

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Nicholas Walton is a journalist and hiker based in Genoa. He has worked as a BBC correspondent in Sarajevo, Warsaw and Moscow, and for think tanks including the European Council on Foreign Relations and the World Resources Institute. His previous books with Hurst are Singapore, Singapura and Genoa, 'La Superba'.

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