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How to Be an Alien: A Handbook for Beginners and Advanced Pupils
George Mikes
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Description for How to Be an Alien: A Handbook for Beginners and Advanced Pupils
Paperback. "How to be an Alien: A Handbook for Beginners and Advanced Pupils". Illustrator(s): Bentley, Nicholas. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 110 x 6. Weight in Grams: 62.
George Mikes says, 'the English have no soul; they have the understatement instead.' But they do have a sense of humour - they provide it by buying over three hundred thousand copies of a book that took them quietly and completely apart, a book that really took the Mikes out of them.
George Mikes says, 'the English have no soul; they have the understatement instead.' But they do have a sense of humour - they provide it by buying over three hundred thousand copies of a book that took them quietly and completely apart, a book that really took the Mikes out of them.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140025149
SKU
V9780140025149
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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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
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