How To Be A Brit: George Mikes (A George Mikes Minibus)

In this volume: How To Be An Alien: 'In England, everything is the other way round. On a continental bus approaching a stop the conductor rings the bell if he wants the bus to go on without stopping; in England you ring the bell if you want the bus to stop.' How To Be Inimitable: With chapters on how to be prosperous, how to be class conscious and offers advice on sopping and wine snobbery. How To Be Decadent: 'Having joked for decades about how the English worship the cat, like the ancient Egyptians only more so, I have fallen for the cat myself.' George Mikes (pronounced Mik-esh) studied the British for a long time; here in one volume are his major works, in which he unstintingly offers the fruits of forty years of field research to all aspirant Brits. Having himself been born abroad himself, Mr. Mikes was in the ideal position to counsel others in the same unhappy state - and even Brits born and bred may pick up a few tips from his blend of laconic humour and sharp observation. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley.