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Field Guide to the English
Sarah Lyall
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Description for Field Guide to the English
Paperback. A richly entertaining, compellingly readable survey of 21st-century England from a sharp-eyed American with a winningly humorous way with words. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
In A Field Guide to the English, Lyall strides her way readably, eloquently and perceptively across the social, political and cultural landscape of contemporary England. In a narrative studded with memorable anecdote and rich in humour, she explores themes as diverse as peers, politics, the media, understatement, the weather, and England's relationship with animals, alcohol and sex. She ponders such matters as the missing link between the famous British reserve and our equally famous predilection for hooliganism, the strange process by which a collection of naughty schoolboys pass Parliamentary motions, and the revelations that history did not start in 1492, ... Read more
In A Field Guide to the English, Lyall strides her way readably, eloquently and perceptively across the social, political and cultural landscape of contemporary England. In a narrative studded with memorable anecdote and rich in humour, she explores themes as diverse as peers, politics, the media, understatement, the weather, and England's relationship with animals, alcohol and sex. She ponders such matters as the missing link between the famous British reserve and our equally famous predilection for hooliganism, the strange process by which a collection of naughty schoolboys pass Parliamentary motions, and the revelations that history did not start in 1492, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Quercus
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847247933
SKU
KCG0001228
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99-5
About Sarah Lyall
A longtime reporter for the New York Times, Sarah Lyall has been a correspondent in the London bureau since 1995, writing news articles and features. After 13 years Sarah realized she was turning English herself when she fell down the stairs at the hairdresser, dislocated her shoulder, and then said 'Sorry'. She lives in London with her husband and their ... Read more
Reviews for Field Guide to the English
...elegant, witty, perceptive but by no means gushing guide to her adopted country, keeping a sharp eye out for gossip, a good anecdote and the contradictions at the heart of the British character... A particular delight' Sunday Times.
Sunday Times
...told with such verve and wit that the book deserves a place in every lavatory, look, or (god ... Read more
Sunday Times
...told with such verve and wit that the book deserves a place in every lavatory, look, or (god ... Read more