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John Murray General Publishing Division: ‘Brigid writes like a dream ... fabulous’ (Joanna Lumley )‘A wonderful picaresque take on the travails of expat life, and an absolutely delicious read ... There are not many books that have actually made me cry from laughing, but this is one of them’ (Katie Hickman, Sunday Times )'I found myself laughing out loud three or four times a page. Quite unlike anything else I have read: sad, touching, honest and observant.' (William Dalrymple )'Thirty years of far-flung postings later, she has acquired enough farcical experiences to make this memoir irresistible.' (Mail on Sunday )'She is consistently herself, an observant journalist with a beady eye for local eccentricities ... Life with Brigid Keenan could never be boring.' (Country Life )'Vogue loves ... Diplomatic Baggage' (Vogue )‘The story sparkles, flies, delights.’ (Yasmin Alibhai-Brown )'Brigid’s book is endlessly engaging, full of delightful details, very funny and sometimes rather sad.’ (Christopher Matthew, author of Now We Are Sixty )'It’s the funniest thing I’ve read since Jilly Cooper stopped writing properly and turned to sex and four-letter words.' (Mary S Lovell, author of The Mitford Girls )‘Deliciously effervescent.’ (Times )‘Perfect tone ... surprising, astute, brilliantly observed and very human’ (Ahdaf Soueif, The Guardian ) Vogue 'Vogue loves ... Diplomatic Baggage'