# How to be a Brit

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- Book: [How to be a Brit](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-mikes/how-to-be-a-brit) ([How to be a Brit.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-mikes/how-to-be-a-brit.md))
- Authors: [George Mikes](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-mikes)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4197-500-8
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2015-11-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A complete guide to the British Way of Life. If you're British, you'll love it. If you're not, you'll recognise it. _______ Born in Hungary, George Mikes spent more than forty years in the Britain observing behaviours and misbehaviours of local and foreign Brits. Queuing: " An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one." How to plan a town: " Street names should be painted clearly and distinctly on large boards. Then hide these boards carefully." Sex: " Continental people have sex lives: the English have hot water bottles." With essential chapters such as " How to Avoid Travelling", " In Praise of Television", " On Not Complaining" and " How to Panic Quietly", they’ll get to know Britain like never before with this fun and informative gift! _______ WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: 'Got me in tears of laughter' 'Hilarious and informative essays about the British way of life' 'So many people have tried to describe the English mentality . . . This book is as near as you can get!' 'Laugh-out-loud hilarious, witty and insightful