How to be affluent

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GEORGE MIKES
The subject on which George Mikes specializes is always, whatever the title of his current book, How to be an Alien. An Alien, to be happy and successful, needs certain qualities: strong powers of observation, a level head, a warm heart and, above all, a sense of humour. Armed with these qualities he can quickly make himself at home in strange places, can see through his hosts while remaining fond of them, and can keep a firm hold on his own personality wherever he goes.
It is because he globe-trots in this spirit that George Mikes (pronounced Me-kesh), Hungarian-born Britisher, has become famous. England (How to be an Alien and How to be Inimitable), the United States (How to Scrape Skies), Germany (Uber Alles), France (Little Cabbages), Italy (Italy for Beginners), Israel (Milk and Honey), the Far East (East is East), South America (Tango), Switzerland (Switzerlandfor Beginners), Greece (Eureka), and now modern life: George Mikes has been his special kind of... Tovább

Fülszöveg

GEORGE MIKES
The subject on which George Mikes specializes is always, whatever the title of his current book, How to be an Alien. An Alien, to be happy and successful, needs certain qualities: strong powers of observation, a level head, a warm heart and, above all, a sense of humour. Armed with these qualities he can quickly make himself at home in strange places, can see through his hosts while remaining fond of them, and can keep a firm hold on his own personality wherever he goes.
It is because he globe-trots in this spirit that George Mikes (pronounced Me-kesh), Hungarian-born Britisher, has become famous. England (How to be an Alien and How to be Inimitable), the United States (How to Scrape Skies), Germany (Uber Alles), France (Little Cabbages), Italy (Italy for Beginners), Israel (Milk and Honey), the Far East (East is East), South America (Tango), Switzerland (Switzerlandfor Beginners), Greece (Eureka), and now modern life: George Mikes has been his special kind of super-inimitable Alien in all of them, and has brought back from each of them a book which no one else could have written and which everyone enjoys reading. Are they humorous books or travel books? George Mikes does not fall between these two stools, he balances between them with perfect poise. Read his books to laugh, and you will learn a lot; read them to learn, and you will laugh a lot.
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You will find a list of all George Mikes's books on the back flap of this jacket
HOW TO BE AFFLUENT
George Mikes
illustrated by PAPAS
Students of Mikes already know How to be an Alien and How to be Inimitable. Mr Mikes realizes, however, that the world in which we live is changing round us, and we need to be able to adapt our skills to keep up with it. Since the biggest change is that our society is now an affluent one (it may not seem like it when the bills come in, but that's what everyone says and everyone can't be wrong)—well, here's how to meet that challenge.
Affluence, as Mr Mikes makes clear, doesn't affect only our relationship with our money or other property. It also affects our relationships with our spouses, our children, our neighbours, our politicians — even with God. No aspect of the question is overlooked in this book.
Mr Mikes has a new ally. The cartoonist Papas, well-known to readers of The Guardian, has devised a pointed allegory to illustrate the wit and wisdom of the text. Vissza