| Queenan Country: A Reluctant Anglophile's Pilgrimage to the Mother Country Contributor(s): Queenan, Joe (Author) |
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ISBN: 031242521X ISBN-13: 9780312425210 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: In this hilarious romp through England, one of America's preeminent humorists seeks the answer to an eternal question: What makes the Brits tick? |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Travel | Europe - Great Britain - Humor | Form - Essays |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (0.65 lbs) 256 pages |
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| Publisher Description: One semitropical Fourth of July, Joe Queenan's English wife suggested that the family might like a chicken vindaloo in lieu of the customary barbecue. It was this pitiless act of gastronomic cultural oppression, coupled with dread of the fearsome Christmas pudding that awaited him for dessert, that inspired the author to make a solitary pilgrimage to Great Britain. Freed from the obligation to visit his wife's relations, as he had done for the first twenty-six years of their marriage, Queenan decided that he would not come back from Albion until he had finally penetrated the limey heart of darkness.The result is a very funny, picaresque adventure that will appeal to anglophile and anglophobe alike. |
Contributor Bio(s): Queenan, Joe: - The bestselling author of True Believers and Balsamic Dreams, Joe Queenan is a contributing writer at Men's Health and writes regularly for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. He lives in Tarrytown, New York. |