HOW TO BE ENGLISH
Book ID/图书代码： 06580015B84626
English Summary/英文概要： English culture is confused, muddled and often borrowed. The purpose of this book is to give the
reader a complete grounding in the idiosyncrasies of the English and to pin down the absurdities and
warmth of Englishness at its best. Featured in this book are such established English cultural
behemoths as the Beatles, Big Ben and the Last Night of the Proms alongside less celebrated quirks
such as meat pies and the working man’s haven, the allotment.
Here we celebrate the bell-ringers and Morris dancers, bowler hats (’the symbol of respectable
Englishness’) and cardigans (’symbol of staid middle-class solidarity’). We examine the brutality of
Punch and Judy and our historic love of fairies, once so much a part of the English psyche that they
were described as ’the British religion’. At once fond and irreverent, laudatory and curious, HOW TO BE
ENGLISH might just teach us how to be English once again.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 英国文化混乱而令人困惑，又有许多舶来文化。本书旨在为读者揭开英国人特质背后的基石，并明确英国人作风的荒诞之处和温暖人心的部分。书中介绍了英国文化巨头，如披头士、大本钟、终场之夜（Last Night of the Proms）等，也介绍了不那么出名的怪癖，如肉馅饼、工人的避风港等。
我们在这里歌颂敲钟人、莫里斯舞者、圆顶礼帽（英国风格的标志）和羊毛衫（保守团结的中产阶级的象征）。我们分析残忍的《潘趣和朱迪》和历来对童话故事的喜爱——这些曾经是英国人精神生活的一部分，被称为“英国宗教”。本书不畏权威，令人喜爱赞赏，同时能满足读者的好奇心，可能能够教会我们成为地道的英国人。（LYR）
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About the Author/作者介绍： David Boyle，著有一系列有关时事和历史的图书，曾为财政部执行过一项独立审查，拥护英国议会，为智囊团工作，并在英国媒体发表了大量作品。他的最新作品名为《破产：谁杀死了中产阶级？（Broke: Who Killed the Middle Classes? ）》
David Boyle is the author of a series of books about current affairs and history, including Blondel’s Song, about the imprisonment of Richard the Lionheart, Toward the Setting Sun, about the discovery of America, and Eminent Corporations, about the BBC, Barclays and other great English companies. He has carried out an independent review for the Treasury, he has stood for Parliament, worked for think-tanks and written widely in the UK media. His most recent book was Broke: Who Killed the Middle Classes? (Fourth Estate).
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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Eng (UK) - Square Peg (Jul 2015)
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