The Xenophobe's Guide to the Icelanders

By Richard Sale

Book Overview

After the considerable success of The Xenophobe's Guides series, which uncovers the quirks and curiosities of other nations for xenophobes (people who fear foreigners) a series of phrase books is now... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906042365
• ISBN13: 9781906042363
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Oval Books
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Greetings from Iceland

This humorous "guide" gives insight to the character and behavior of the Icelanders. Everything from knitting to politics is covered. Some of the information given in this book is now outdated, such as the restrictions on the importation of dairy products. These tend to be minor details and do not take away from the quality of the book. No pictures.

Great & Humorous Insight

What a delightful surprise I had in store when I purchase this book for a friend that will be traveling to Iceland for the first time. I couldn't put it down once I opened it. Filled with humor and hopefully some truth it is delightful from start to finish. Now I wish I were the one traveling to Iceland!

Fantastic portrayal of a nation

This book is fantastic. I'm Icelandic myself and everything this book states is completely correct and a greatly humorous view of the nation. Apart from a few misspelling Icelandic names and concepts this book is wonderful