num_pages: 88
description: George Mikes says, 'the English have no soul; they have the understatement instead'. But they do have a sense of humour - they provide it by buying over three hundred thousand copies of a book that took them quietly and completely apart, a book that really took the Mikes out of them.
language: English
title: How to Be an Alien: A Handbook for Beginners and Advanced Pupils
titlecomplete: How to Be an Alien: A Handbook for Beginners and Advanced Pupils
genres: Cultural, British Literature, Comedy, Nonfiction, Humor, Essays, Classics, Travel, Contemporary, 20th Century
ratings_count: 1459
series: Penguin Readers: Level 3
publisher: Gardners Books