The Anglo Files – A Field Guide to the British

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pp. 289, “In the early 1990s, New York Times publishing reporter Lyall transferred to London for love. Now she produces the latest in a seemingly inexhaustible genre that dissects British quirks and remarks how peculiar are the inhabitants of that moist little isle. With George Orwell’s essay England Your England and Bill Bryson’s Notes from a Small Island the best-known examples, Lyall’s is an appropriately humorous tale of the struggle to accommodate to her new British way of life and to make sense of the profound culture shock she experienced.”

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ISBN 0393058468
ISBN13 9780393058468
Number of pages 289
Original Title The Anglo Files - A Field Guide to the British
Published Date 2008
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition Very Good
Binding Hardcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication New York
Edition First Edition
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pp. 289, “In the early 1990s, New York Times publishing reporter Lyall transferred to London for love. Now she produces the latest in a seemingly inexhaustible genre that dissects British quirks and remarks how peculiar are the inhabitants of that moist little isle. With George Orwell’s essay England Your England and Bill Bryson’s Notes from a Small Island the best-known examples, Lyall’s is an appropriately humorous tale of the struggle to accommodate to her new British way of life and to make sense of the profound culture shock she experienced.”

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Weight 1 kg