If you want to succeed here you must be able to handle the English sense of humour.
So proclaims George Mikes' timeless exploration of this curious phenomenon. Whether it's understatement, self-deprecation or plain cruelty, the three elements he identifies as essential to our sense of humour, being witty here is a way of life.
Perfectly placed as an adopted Englishman himself, Mikes delivers his shrewd advice - helpfully divided into 'Theory' and 'Practice' - with a comic precision that does his chosen country proud. Drawing on a trove of examples from our rich comic canon, from Orwell ("Every joke is a tiny revolution") to Oscar Wilde, this is the essential handbook for natives and foreigners alike.
Mrs Kennedy: "I don't think, Mr Churchill, that I have told you anything about my grandchildren."
Winston Churchill: "For which, madam, I am infinitely grateful."
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR003321679
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrations by Walter Goetz (1911-1995) (illustrator). A very good HB of 149 pages with a very good & protected DJ. This book is bound in a red book-cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. George Mikes opens with the question: does English humour really exist? Having allowed-rather grudgingly that it does, he goes on to ask: is it anything like English think it is? In the first part of the book, under the heading 'Theory", he is often quite severe on the English and their humour, but he makes amends in the second part, which is headed "Practice". Here he gives examples of English Humour chosen from his own favourites. Seller Inventory # 009668
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