The Angry Island

The Angry Island
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Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages : 167
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ISBN-10 : 9780297864684
ISBN-13 : 0297864688
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Book Synopsis The Angry Island by : A.A. Gill

Download or read book The Angry Island written by A.A. Gill and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreigner Adrian Gill (a Scot) goes in search of the essence of England and the English The English are naturally, congenitally, collectively and singularly, livid much of the time. In between the incoherent bellowing of the terraces and the pursed, rigid eye-rolling of the commuter carriage, they reach the end of their tethers and the thin end of their wedges. They're incensed, incandescent, splenetic, prickly, touchy and fractious. They sit apart on their half of a damply disappointing little island, nursing and picking at their irritations. Perhaps aware that they're living on top of a keg of fulminating fury, the English have, throughout their history, come up with hundreds of ingenious and bizarre ways to diffuse anger or transform it into something benign. Good manners and queues, roundabouts and garden sheds, and almost every game ever invented from tennis to bridge. They've built things, discovered stuff, made puddings, written hymns and novels, and for people who don't like to talk much, they have come up with the most minutely nuanced and replete language ever spoken - just so there'll be no misunderstandings. In this hugely witty, personal and readable book, A.A. Gill looks anger and the English straight in the eye.


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