Fülszöveg
Two world-famous travellers offer a humorous guide to the habits and
lifestyles on both sides of the Atlantic which will sort out all your
prejudices — and substitute a whole set of new ones.
Language differences provide many classic pitfalls, as epitomized by the
legendary English matron newly arrived in New York who asked her hotel
bell captain to knock her up at eight in the morning and received a form
of room service she had not entirely anticipated!
But whether the subject is language, travel, food and drink, humour, the
mating game or the bewildering habits of the natives of London, New
York, Edinburgh, Chicago, Cardiff or Los Angeles, the authors provide
a feast of irresistible entertainment made all the more piquant by
Handelsman's 35 hilarious original cartoons.
David Frost, a household name
on both sides of the Atlantic, has
commuted between London and
New York more than most pilots.
Michael Shea, former Director
of British Information Services in
New...
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Fülszöveg
Two world-famous travellers offer a humorous guide to the habits and
lifestyles on both sides of the Atlantic which will sort out all your
prejudices — and substitute a whole set of new ones.
Language differences provide many classic pitfalls, as epitomized by the
legendary English matron newly arrived in New York who asked her hotel
bell captain to knock her up at eight in the morning and received a form
of room service she had not entirely anticipated!
But whether the subject is language, travel, food and drink, humour, the
mating game or the bewildering habits of the natives of London, New
York, Edinburgh, Chicago, Cardiff or Los Angeles, the authors provide
a feast of irresistible entertainment made all the more piquant by
Handelsman's 35 hilarious original cartoons.
David Frost, a household name
on both sides of the Atlantic, has
commuted between London and
New York more than most pilots.
Michael Shea, former Director
of British Information Services in
New York, is now Press Secretary
to H.M. The Queen.
Front cover designed by Handelsman
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