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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.

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How to be an Alien

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    A Paperback / softback by George Mikes

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 26 July 1973
      ISBN-13 9780140025149
      978-0140025149
      ISBN-10 0140025146
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      Humour Social groups, communities and identities

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      An instant classic -- Francis Wheen

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