The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British (First Edition)

Download or read book The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British (First Edition) written by Sarah Lyall and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-08-24 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Should be handed out . . . in the immigration line at Heathrow.” —Malcolm Gladwell Sarah Lyall moved to London in the mid-1990s and soon became known for amusing and sharp dispatches on her adopted country. Confronted by the eccentricities of these island people (the English husband who never turned on the lights, the legislators who behaved like drunken frat boys, the hedgehog lovers), she set about trying to figure out the British. Part anthropological field study and part memoir, The Anglo Files has already received great acclaim and recognition for the astuteness, humor, and sensitivity with which the author wields her pen.