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Wish You Were Here: England on Sea
Travis Elborough
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Description for Wish You Were Here: England on Sea
Paperback. A fascinating look into how and why the English love to be beside the seaside. Num Pages: 256 pages, Black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBTB; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 166.
In this gloriously original social history, Travis Elborough argues that our national character - our snobbishness and willingness to laugh at ourselves, our attitudes to sex and fair play and our chequered relationship with national pride - has been forged against a backdrop of stormy skies and pebbly beaches. Covering everything from Agatha Christie to the Prince Regent via Billy Butlin and Brighton Rock, this is a book for anyone who has ever wrestled with a deckchair, braved a sopping esplanade or felt the crunch of sand in a sandwich.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton London
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340935118
SKU
V9780340935118
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Travis Elborough
Descending from a line that pioneered pirate-themed eateries and shell-shaded electric lamps, Travis grew up in Worthing on the Sussex coast. It is quite hard to grow up in a place where almost everyone else has gone to die. He is the author of two acclaimed books, The Bus We Loved and The Long-Player Goodbye. He lives in London.
Reviews for Wish You Were Here: England on Sea
Elborough is an English nostalgist in the mode of John Betjeman... as a cultural commentator [Elborough] is a terrific companion... Wish You Were Here is quirky, chatty, charming and optimistic - an ideal read for the English beach.
Frances Wilson, Sunday Times
Meticulously researched and trenchantly expressed, Wish You Were Here is as bright and breezy as a trip in a pleasure steamer.
Daily Mail
[Elborough] has done his research thoroughly and writes with enormous wit and feeling. His book punches far above its weight in both style and substance.
Mail on Sunday
a charming study of our national beachside frolics
Independent
Timely, bittersweet beach reading
Telegraph
The perfect beach book
Marie Claire
Frances Wilson, Sunday Times
Meticulously researched and trenchantly expressed, Wish You Were Here is as bright and breezy as a trip in a pleasure steamer.
Daily Mail
[Elborough] has done his research thoroughly and writes with enormous wit and feeling. His book punches far above its weight in both style and substance.
Mail on Sunday
a charming study of our national beachside frolics
Independent
Timely, bittersweet beach reading
Telegraph
The perfect beach book
Marie Claire