{"product_id":"the-new-book-of-snobs-9781472123930","title":"The New Book of Snobs","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Hugely enjoyable'' AN Wilson, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Thoughtful, entertaining and enjoyable'' Michael Gove, Book of the Week, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by William Makepeace Thackeray, the first great analyst of snobbery, and his trail-blazing \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Snobs \u003c\/i\u003e(1848), D. J. Taylor brings us a field guide to the modern snob. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShort of calling someone a racist or a paedophile, one of the worst charges you can lay at anybody''s door in the early twenty-first century is to suggest that they happen to be a snob. But what constitutes snobbishness? Who are the snobs and where are they to be found? Are you a snob? Am I?  What are the distinguishing marks? Snobbery is, in fact, one of the keys to contemporary British life, as vital to the backstreet family on benefits as the proprietor of the grandest stately home, and an essential element of their view of who of they are and what the world might be thought to owe them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Book of Sno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHugely enjoyable - Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThoughtful, entertaining and enjoyable . . . Taylor has a shrewd eye for the ways in which snobbery evolves over time - The Times\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn intelligent writer - Guardian","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885742305623,"sku":"9781472123930","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472123930.jpg?v=1722537536","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-new-book-of-snobs-9781472123930","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}