How to be an Alien
A Handbook for Beginners and Advanced Pupils
Published on 26. July 1973
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-0-14-002514-9 (ISBN)
Description
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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An instant classic -- Francis WheenMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
64 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-002514-9 (9780140025149)
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E-Book
07/1973
1st Edition
Penguin Books Ltd
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Person
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.