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WHERE UNDERPANTS COME FROM by Joe Bennett Publication: 1 June 2009; RRP $28 paperback First published May 2008 (trade-paperback $32.99) Review copies and interviews with Joe Bennett available on request Media contact: [email protected]; Ph 09 442 7463 www.penguin.co.nz WHERE UNDERPANTS COME FROM by Joe Bennett Penguin Group (NZ) are pleased to release the paper-back edition of the bestseller Where Underpants Come From, due for publication on 1 June 2009; RRP $28.00. A wonderfully funny and insightful look at the new China, the factory of the world — tracing an ordinary pair of underpants from their purchase in New Zealand back to where they were made. When Joe Bennett bought a five-pack of ‘Made in China’ underpants in his local New Zealand Warehouse for $8.59, he wondered who on earth could be making any money, let alone profit, from the exchange. How many processes and middlemen are involved? Where and how are the pants made? And who decides on the absorbent qualities of the gusset? Where Underpants Come From tells you all you need to know. In fact, probably more about this mystery of global commerce. Leaving his supermarket trolley behind Joe embarks on an odyssey to the new factory of the world, China, to trace his pants back to their source. Along the way he discovers the extraordinarily balanced and intricate web of contacts and exchanges that makes global trade possible - and rapidly elevating China to the status of world economic superpower. He also grapples with chopsticks, challenges his own prejudices and marvels at the contrasts in one of the world’s oldest, but fastest changing, societies. Where Underpants Come From by Joe Bennett recently received the annual Whitcoulls Travcom Travel Book of the Year award. The award is presented for the best original book of creative travel writing about any country, including New Zealand, and is run by Travcom (NZ Travel Communicators), whose aim is to encourage and improve travel writing. “Joe Bennett’s highly original Where Underpants Come From was a unanimous winner,” said chief judge Karen Goa. “Under Bennett’s deft pen this is a tightly written, hilarious and compelling story with unexpected emotional depth for a tale about underpants. With this book Joe Bennett, who was a previous runner-up for these awards, proves he’s at the top of his craft.” Funny, wise and insightful, it is another wonderful journey from Bennett. For further information see: www.joebennett.co.nz ABOUT JOE BENNETT Joe Bennett is an English-born travel writer and columnist who lives in New Zealand with dogs. His columns are syndicated in newspapers throughout New Zealand. He has published eleven collections of columns in New Zealand and three worldwide with Simon & Schuster UK. Bennett is the author of 18 books including A Land of Two Halves, the story of a journey around New Zealand, and Mustn’t Grumble, the story of a journey around England in the footsteps of H.V.Morton. Joe Bennett lives in Christchurch. JOE BENNETT IS AVAILALBE FOR INTERVIE W
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WHERE UNDERPANTS COME FROM by Joe Bennett Publication: 1 June 2009; RRP $28 paperbackFirst published May 2008 (trade-paperback $32.99)
Review copies and interviews with Joe Bennett available on requestMedia contact: [email protected]; Ph 09 442 7463
www.penguin.co.nz
WHERE UNDERPANTS COME FROM by Joe Bennett
Penguin Group (NZ) are pleased to release the paper-back edition of the bestseller Where Underpants Come From, due for publication on1 June 2009; RRP $28.00.
A wonderfully funny and insightful look at the new China, the factory of the world — tracing an ordinary pair of underpants from their purchase in New Zealand back to where they were made.
When Joe Bennett bought a fi ve-pack of ‘Made in China’ underpants in his local New Zealand Warehouse for $8.59, he wondered who on earth could be making any money, let alone profi t, from the exchange. How many processes and middlemen are involved? Where and how are the pants made? And who decides on the absorbent qualities of the gusset? Where Underpants Come From tells you all you need to know. In fact, probably more about this mystery of global commerce. Leaving his supermarket trolley behind Joe embarks on an odyssey to the new factory of the world,
China, to trace his pants back to their source. Along the way he discovers the extraordinarily balanced and intricate web of contacts and exchanges that makes global trade possible - and rapidly elevating China to the status of world economic superpower. He also grapples with chopsticks, challenges his own prejudices and marvels at the contrasts in one of the world’s oldest, but fastest changing, societies.
Where Underpants Come From by Joe Bennett recently received the annual Whitcoulls Travcom Travel Book of the Year award. The award is presented for the best original book of creative travel writing about any country, including New Zealand, and is run by Travcom (NZ Travel Communicators), whose aim is to encourage and improve travel writing. “Joe Bennett’s highly original Where Underpants Come From was a unanimous winner,” said chief judge Karen Goa. “Under Bennett’s deft pen this is a tightly written, hilarious and compelling story with unexpected emotional depth for a tale about underpants. With this book Joe Bennett, who was a previous runner-up for these awards, proves he’s at the top of his craft.”
Funny, wise and insightful, it is another wonderful journey from Bennett.For further information see: www.joebennett.co.nz
ABOUT JOE BENNETTJoe Bennett is an English-born travel writer and columnist who lives in New Zealand with dogs. His columns are syndicated in newspapers throughout New Zealand. He has published eleven collections of columns in New Zealand and three worldwide with Simon & Schuster UK. Bennett is the author of 18 books including A Land of Two Halves, the story of a journey around New Zealand, and Mustn’t Grumble, the story of a journey around England in the footsteps of H.V.Morton. Joe Bennett lives in Christchurch.
JOE BENNETT IS AVAILALBE FOR INTERVIEW
