{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-brit-9780241975008","title":"How to Be a Brit","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA complete guide to the British Way of Life. If you''re British, you''ll love it. If you''re not, you''ll recognise it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_______\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Hungary, George Mikes spent more than forty years in the Britain observing behaviours and misbehaviours of local and foreign Brits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eQueuing: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHow to plan a town:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eStreet names should be painted clearly and distinctly on large boards. Then hide these boards carefully.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSex:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eContinental people have sex lives: the English have hot water bottles.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 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!\u003cbr\u003e_______\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHAT READERS ARE SAYING:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Got me in tears of laughter''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Hilarious and informative essays about the British way of life'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''So many people have tried to describe the English mentality . . . This book is as near as you can get!''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Laugh-out-loud hilarious, witty and insightful\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 *\u003cbr\u003eAn instant classic -- Francis Wheen on 'How to Be an Alien'\u003cbr\u003eVery funny * The Economist *\u003cbr\u003eBill Bryson is George Mikes' love-child -- Jeremy Paxman\u003cbr\u003eThis 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\u003cbr\u003eWise and witty -- William Cook on 'How to Be an Alien' * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eBrilliantly comical -- Pico Iyer on 'How to Be an Alien' * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eMikes 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\u003cbr\u003eI love it and read it cover to cover. Also has good tips for talking about the weather, not that we need them -- Rachel Johnson\u003cbr\u003eFull 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\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ejolly good read * The Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to be an Alien \u003c\/i\u003einspired 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\u003cbr\u003eBrilliantly comical -- Pico Iyer on 'How to Be an Alien' * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eI used to think that Mikes's world has gone, but it has returned to us in spades via the referendum. -- Nick Fraser * The Guardian *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733416456535,"sku":"9780241975008","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241975008.jpg?v=1720000018","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-to-be-a-brit-9780241975008","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}