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Description for How to be a Brit
Paperback. Contains such book as "How to be an Alien", "How to be Inimitable" and "How to be Decadent". Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
George Mikes has written many successful books on a variety of interesting subjects, but one so successful as those on the subject most central to his own experience: his adopted country. The first of these came out in 1946: the ever famous "How to be an Alien." Later he enlarges the picture with "How to be inimitable" and "How to be Decadent." All three books were illustrated by the master of the cartoonists’ art, the late Nicolas Bentley. Here they are, all in one volume, which will make life much easier for today's would-be Brits than it was for those ... Read more
George Mikes has written many successful books on a variety of interesting subjects, but one so successful as those on the subject most central to his own experience: his adopted country. The first of these came out in 1946: the ever famous "How to be an Alien." Later he enlarges the picture with "How to be inimitable" and "How to be Decadent." All three books were illustrated by the master of the cartoonists’ art, the late Nicolas Bentley. Here they are, all in one volume, which will make life much easier for today's would-be Brits than it was for those ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140081794
SKU
KKD0000165
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
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
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