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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 Praise of Television", "On Not Complaining" and "How to Panic Quietly", they’ll get to know Britain like never before with this fun and informative gift!
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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
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
99-98
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 1987.
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
Bill Bryson is George Mikes' love-child
Jeremy Paxman This is the vital textbook for Brits, would-be Brits, and anyone who wonders what being a Brit really means. Pass me my hot water bottle, please
Dame Esther Rantzen Wise and witty
William Cook on 'How to Be an Alien'
Spectator
Brilliantly comical
Pico Iyer on 'How to Be an Alien'
New York Times
Mikes is a master of the laconic yet slippery put-down: "The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink"
Henry Hitchings I love it and read it cover to cover. Also has good tips for talking about the weather, not that we need them
Rachel Johnson Full of the very best advice that any would-be Brit should need (and for those of us who have forgotten exactly how it is to be ourselves) it's a jolly good read
The Telegraph
How to be an Alien inspired me ... Some of his observations remain remarkably fresh and relevant 70 years later, but it's his tone that impressed me
Erin Moore, author of That's Not English Brilliantly comical
Pico Iyer on 'How to Be an Alien'
New York Times
I used to think that Mikes's world has gone, but it has returned to us in spades via the referendum.
Nick Fraser
The Guardian
Albert Einstein to George Mikes
An instant classic
Francis Wheen on 'How to Be an Alien' Very funny
The Economist
Bill Bryson is George Mikes' love-child
Jeremy Paxman This is the vital textbook for Brits, would-be Brits, and anyone who wonders what being a Brit really means. Pass me my hot water bottle, please
Dame Esther Rantzen Wise and witty
William Cook on 'How to Be an Alien'
Spectator
Brilliantly comical
Pico Iyer on 'How to Be an Alien'
New York Times
Mikes is a master of the laconic yet slippery put-down: "The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink"
Henry Hitchings I love it and read it cover to cover. Also has good tips for talking about the weather, not that we need them
Rachel Johnson Full of the very best advice that any would-be Brit should need (and for those of us who have forgotten exactly how it is to be ourselves) it's a jolly good read
The Telegraph
How to be an Alien inspired me ... Some of his observations remain remarkably fresh and relevant 70 years later, but it's his tone that impressed me
Erin Moore, author of That's Not English Brilliantly comical
Pico Iyer on 'How to Be an Alien'
New York Times
I used to think that Mikes's world has gone, but it has returned to us in spades via the referendum.
Nick Fraser
The Guardian