Wish You Were Here: England on Sea [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Elborough, Travis

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0340935111 ISBN 13: 9780340935118

Casa editrice: Sceptre, 2011

Riassunto

In this gloriously original social history, Travis Elborough argues that our national character - our snobbishness and willingness to laugh at ourselves, our attitudes to sex and fair play and our chequered relationship with national pride - has been forged against a backdrop of stormy skies and pebbly beaches. Covering everything from Agatha Christie to the Prince Regent via Billy Butlin and Brighton Rock, this is a book for anyone who has ever wrestled with a deckchair, braved a sopping esplanade or felt the crunch of sand in a sandwich.

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Recensione:

Elborough is an English nostalgist in the mode of John Betjeman... as a cultural commentator [Elborough] is a terrific companion... Wish You Were Here is quirky, chatty, charming and optimistic - an ideal read for the English beach. (Frances Wilson, Sunday Times)

Meticulously researched and trenchantly expressed, Wish You Were Here is as bright and breezy as a trip in a pleasure steamer. (Daily Mail)

[Elborough] has done his research thoroughly and writes with enormous wit and feeling. His book punches far above its weight in both style and substance. (Mail on Sunday)

a charming study of our national beachside frolics (Independent)

Timely, bittersweet beach reading (Telegraph)

The perfect beach book (Marie Claire)

L'autore:

Descending from a line that pioneered pirate-themed eateries and shell-shaded electric lamps, Travis grew up in Worthing on the Sussex coast. It is quite hard to grow up in a place where almost everyone else has gone to die.

He is the author of two acclaimed books, The Bus We Loved and The Long-Player Goodbye. He lives in London.

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• Editore: Sceptre
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0340935111
• ISBN 13: 9780340935118
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256