A hilarious field guide to the world's most remarkable and unusual creatures: the English.
Thanks to television documentaries by Bruce Parry and David Attenborough, we are better acquainted with the hunting rituals of the San bushmen and the mating habits of Papua New Guinean tribes than we are with the everyday lives of that most peculiar of species - the English.
In 'The English: A Field Guide', Sunday Times journalist Matt Rudd, sets out to uncover what makes us, the English, tick. He will examine us in our natural habitats, starting with the living room and moving out to the kitchen, the garden, the commuter train, the office, the motorway, the high street, the sports stadium, the pub, club, bingo hall, balti house, beach and ending up in the bedroom.
Hilarious, warm-hearted and surprisingly enlightening, 'The English' shines a strong searchlight on us all.
| ISBN: | 9780007490479 |
| Publication date: | 27th March 2014 |
| Author: | Matt Rudd |
| Publisher: | William Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 310 pages |
| Genres: |
Sociology and anthropology Travel writing |
A hilarious field guide to the world's most remarkable and unusual creatures: the English.
Thanks to television documentaries by Bruce Parry and David Attenborough, we are better acquainted with the hunting rituals of the San bushmen and the mating habits of Papua New Guinean tribes than we are with the everyday lives of that most peculiar of species - the English.
In 'The English: A Field Guide', Sunday Times journalist Matt Rudd, sets out to uncover what makes us, the English, tick. He will examine us in our natural habitats, starting with the living room and moving out to the kitchen, the garden, the commuter train, the office, the motorway, the high street, the sports stadium, the pub, club, bingo hall, balti house, beach and ending up in the bedroom.
Hilarious, warm-hearted and surprisingly enlightening, 'The English' shines a strong searchlight on us all.
The English features in the following genres: Sociology and anthropology, Travel writing
The English is available in Paperback
The English was written by Matt Rudd and published by William Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
The English has 310 pages