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How to be a Brit: Includes the Classic Bestseller How to be an Alien
George Mikes
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Description for How to be a Brit: Includes the Classic Bestseller How to be an Alien
Paperback. A guide to the British Way of Life. It includes insights on important topics including the weather, how to be rude and how to panic quietly. It contains author's three major works - How to be an Alien, How to be Inimitable and How to be Decadent. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
A complete guide to the British Way of Life. If you're British, you'll love it. If you're not, you'll recognise it.
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Born in Hungary, George Mikes spent more than forty years in the Britain observing behaviours and misbehaviours of local and foreign Brits.
- Queuing: "An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one."
- How to plan a town: "Street names should be painted clearly and distinctly on large boards. Then hide these boards carefully."
- Sex: "Continental people have sex lives: the English have hot water bottles."
With essential chapters such as "How to Avoid Travelling", "In ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241975008
SKU
V9780241975008
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About George Mikes
George Mikes (pronounced 'me-cash'), was born in Hungary 1912. In 1938 he moved to London to become the correspondent for a Hungarian newspaper, and then he never left. A keen observer of the behaviour and misbehaviour of foreigners and natives in Britain, he is frequently cited by later authors including Kate Fox and Jeremy Paxman. He died in London in ... Read more
Reviews for How to be a Brit: Includes the Classic Bestseller How to be an Alien
In all the miseries which plague mankind, there is hardly anything better than such radiant humour as is given to you. Everyone must laugh with you - even those who are hit with your little arrows.
Albert Einstein to George Mikes
An instant classic
Francis Wheen on 'How to Be an Alien' Very funny
The Economist ... Read more
Albert Einstein to George Mikes
An instant classic
Francis Wheen on 'How to Be an Alien' Very funny
The Economist ... Read more