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English Humour for Beginners

If 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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