How to Be an Alien

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: George Mikes, Mikes George
• Assisted by: Nicolas Bentley (Illustration)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.07.1973
• EAN: 9780140025149
• ISBN: 978-0-14-002514-9
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 112 mm x 180 mm x 6 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; HUMOR / General, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, Social groups and identities