UK on a G-String

IT WAS THE BET OF A LIFETIME Overcome with patriotic fervour, New Zealander Justin Brown bets an Australian mate that the All Blacks will thrash the Wallabies in an up-coming rugby match. They don't. Forced to pay his debt, Justin has to busk his way around England until he earns enough money for his airfare home. THE DEAL If Justin's favourite team loses he must door-door-busk his way around the United Kingdom.If Justin's supposed best mate's favourite team loses he must streak at the Wimbledon Grand Final. THE OUTCOME Justin's teams loses. He is forced to go to the other side of the world and pay his way home as a door-to-door busker. Sure enough, wannabe musician Brown finds himself penniless and freezing. Armed with a duffle coat and a guitar, he travels the country in mid-winter and knocks on doors and sings for his supper. He meets gypsies, drinks with Britain's most famous street singer, harasses carol singers, plucks turkeys, speaks to J.K.Rowling and gets told to beat it 357 times.Brown delivers a hilarious account of his journey, showing why he's become an award-winning travel writer and bestselling author.