English Humour for Beginners

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780241978542 Author(s): George Mikes Format: Paperback Illustrator: Andrew Thomson Language: English Year: 2016 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Pages: 160

Description: Our beloved adopted Brit takes on the English at their own gameIf 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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