Clarkson's Farm - From the Beginning to the End of Rural Life
Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm
*Driving a Lamborghini tractor to farm: An unconventional nature journal by a plant killer.
One of Amazon's most successful reality shows to date
The protagonist, Clarkson, shares the chaotic and hilarious life of a year on a farm.
*A hardcore pastoral poem without the delicate, romantic filter.
Clarkson will show you what incurable optimism looks like.
Working with him is difficult because he won't listen to anything. — Caleb Cooper (farmer, tractor driver)
A popular car show host and columnist, a grumpy old man who frequently appears on the British media's blacklist, a person who can't distinguish between barley and wheat, a plant killer, suddenly has the idea to run a farm.
The planting season coincided with a once-in-decades rainy season, the growing season with the driest spring on record, and the harvest season with a once-in-a-century pandemic. After a busy year, the net profit was £144.
But he never imagined that he could derive such pure joy from his Lamborghini tractor, the deer and rabbits in the fields, sandwiches made from wheat he grew himself, and juice made from apples he grew himself.
This book is the most authentic and vivid record of the "idyllic life" that was both chaotic and delightful throughout the year.
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A bad day on the farm is better than a good day in the office. — Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Clarkson
Born in 1960, he is a British media personality and author. He writes weekly columns for several newspapers and magazines, including The Sunday Times and The Sun, but he is better known as a presenter on the BBC Two television program Top Gear. His hosting style is humorous and witty, often featuring surprising remarks.
In 2008, he bought a farm with 6,000 acres of land and hired locals to run it. Ten years later, after his employees retired, he had a sudden inspiration to run the farm himself.
This process was filmed by Amazon as a reality documentary, with the first season starting in September 2019 and continuing until the fall of 2020.
An English Tao Yuanming, a Don Quixote riding Rambo, a benevolent version of McDonald, a Dickens of the Twitter era—these labels can define him. But perhaps the most fitting is that of an old, unlucky fellow. —Douban user Foley