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The English : A Portrait of a People
The English A Portrait of a People
Author: Jeremy Paxman
"Modest, individualistic, ironic, [Paxman's] book has all the virtues he attributes to the English themselves." (Evelyn Toynton, The New York Times) — Not so long ago, everybody knew who the English were. They were "polite, unexcitable, reserved, and had hot water bottles instead of a sex life." As the dominant culture in a country that d...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781585671762
ISBN-10: 1585671762
Publication Date: 10/2/2001
Pages: 309
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Publisher: Overlook TP
Book Type: Paperback
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I couldn't get into it. He dusts off every tired cliche he can think of to describe his countrymen.
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