Big in Bas Vegas!

Thanks to all the good citizens of Basildon who have bought The Joy of Essex. It's flying off the shelves at Basildon Waterstones and has sold 60 copies in the last couple of weeks. "We do have a sense of humour about ourselves in Basildon," says the man behind the counter. And it's even on display nestling next to the Essex Joke
Book, The Little Book of West Ham and London Taxi Driver Rhyming Slang...