English Humour for Beginners

Name: English Humour for Beginners
Author: George Mikes

George Mikes, Penguin Books Ltd

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'To write a book is hard, to write a funny book is harder, to write a funny book both wise and funny is the prerogative of Mr. Mikes' The Times_________________________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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