The Angry Island
Hunting the English
$38.82
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2006
Summary
The English are naturally, congenitally, collectively and singularly, livid much of the time. In between the incoherent bellowing of the terraces and the pursed, rigid eye-rolling of the commuter carriage, they reach the end of their tethers.
Perhaps aware that they’re living on top of a keg of fulminating fury, the English have, throughout their history, come up with hundreds of ingenious and bizarre ways to diffuse anger or transform it into something benign. Good manners and queues…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753820964 |
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| ISBN-10: | 075382096X |
| Author: | Adrian Gill |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2006 |
| Weight: | 228g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 135mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
‘In a series of fascinating essays, Gill reveals there is a swell of suppressed anger in the English… Much of it is extremely funny, the reader is left with the queasy question: what if he is right?’ SUNDAY TIMES (30/7/06) ‘An entertaining polemic… a thought-provoking, some would say overdue, book that challenges the English self-image of genteel reserve.’ CHOICE
About The Author
Adrian Gill
A.A. Gill was born in Edinburgh. He is the author of two novels, Sap Rising (1997) and Starcrossed (1999), books on two of London’s most famous restaurants, The Ivy and Le Caprice. He is the TV and restaurant critic for the Sunday Times. He lives in London and spends much of his year travelling.
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