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Cream Teas, Traffic Jams and Sunburn
Brian Viner
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Description for Cream Teas, Traffic Jams and Sunburn
Paperback. A painfully well-observed and hilariously funny look at the British holiday - from Blackpool to Barcelona and from Mauritius to Margate Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
The British on holiday: how can four simple words evoke so many vivid images, images of raw sunburn and relentless rain, of John Bull's Pub (in Lanzarote) and Antonio's Tapas Bar (in Torquay), of endless queues to get through security at Manchester Airport, or Gatwick, or Glasgow, or Luton, and endless tailbacks on the M5, or M6, or M25, but also images of carefree sploshing in Portuguese swimming-pools and lazy lunches in the Provencal sun?
In this funny, acutely observed and engaging social history, Brian Viner celebrates the holidaying British, with their quirks and their quinine tablets, and ... Read more
The British on holiday: how can four simple words evoke so many vivid images, images of raw sunburn and relentless rain, of John Bull's Pub (in Lanzarote) and Antonio's Tapas Bar (in Torquay), of endless queues to get through security at Manchester Airport, or Gatwick, or Glasgow, or Luton, and endless tailbacks on the M5, or M6, or M25, but also images of carefree sploshing in Portuguese swimming-pools and lazy lunches in the Provencal sun?
In this funny, acutely observed and engaging social history, Brian Viner celebrates the holidaying British, with their quirks and their quinine tablets, and ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847398772
SKU
KRA0010102
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Brian Viner
Brian Viner was born in 1961 and grew up in Southport, Lancashire. He was the Mail on Sunday's award-winning television critic between 1995 and 1999, since when he has been a columnist on the Independent. He lives with his family in Herefordshire.
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