Xenophobe's Guide to the English

by Antony Miall and David Milsted

Book Overview

Never overstep the markModeration--a treasured ideal--means a lot to the English. Their respect for it is reflected in their shared dislike of any person who "goes too far." Irrational rationalityThe English can admire something without enjoying it, or enjoy something they suspect is fundamentally reprehensible. You can never be sure which stance they are going to take--the reassuringly reasonable, or the wildly irrational....

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906042292
• ISBN13: 9781906042295
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Oval Books
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Funny and Exact

I've purchased 6 countries so far on these Xenophobes Guide books. It's the most unique, time saving way to understand any culture. All the research has been done for you and condensed in a neat little book that you can travel with. Quick to read, extremely informative, unbiased and very funny reading. I plan to have the entire collection. Highly recommended.

The Real English not pastiche.

Written with a good degree of wit and observation it is a shame that the book is not longer.

Do you know someone from England??!! Prepare yourself!!!!

I'm taking a trip to England in a couple weeks and I was going through the travel section where they have the travel guides and I came across this book and I thumbed through it...And since I correspond with people in England it was very interesting to me...and as reading it I found myself smiling cause of some of the things mentioned were true, and I couldn't help but buy it and read it completely. Despite the fact that I found it focusing on the negative aspects, I think that that is to prepare you for some facts that you will find true in the English...(The good side will always cheer us, and the person I deal with is full of beauty and life, but the bad I rather not be surprised with). Overall a great insite to the mentality in a comical way.

Acid critic of the English way of life.

This book reviews the English way of life, with all its pecualiarities and also with its contradictions. You will enjoy it if: a) you know the English way and check that you weren't the only one to find those strange behaviours. b) You are an englishman/woman with good sense of humor that enjoy knowing how the people see you. I can't wait to read "Xenophobe's guide to the Spanish", just to check if I have the sense of humour I've always thought. It'll be funny to know which aspects of my daily life are strange to the others.