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How to be a Brit
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MIKES, GEORGE
Product Details
ISBN: 9780241975008
Author: MIKES, GEORGE
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.
Born in Hungary, George Mikes spent more than forty years in Britain observing the behaviours and misbehaviours of both local and foreign Brits.
Highlights from the Book:
- 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 Praise of Television"
- "On Not Complaining"
- "How to Panic Quietly"
This book offers a fun and informative gift that will help readers get to know Britain like never before!
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:
- "Got me in tears of laughter"
- "Hilarious and informative essays about the British way of life"
- "So many people have tried to describe the English mentality . . . This book is as near as you can get!"
- "Laugh-out-loud hilarious, witty and insightful"
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