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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. There are many subtle references to aspects of English culture (as one would imagine) that are difficult for an American to get the signifigance of. That's not a criticism, just a comment. My criticism of the book is that it was boring. It was a struggle to finish.The author goes into intimate detail about nothing at all. I do not feel like the author got to know enough upper-class indivuals. Despite it being boring, there are a few gems hidden in the book. The author's interview with an Upper class man who went to an English public school is disturbing and insiteful. I was unaware of the widespread incidence of child molestation in those schools, although it may not be the case any longer. The upper class man's casualness towards it was surprising. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Royal Ascot, Henley Regatta, polo at Cowdray Park, public schools, pheasant shooting - it's a wonderful life, being a member of the English aristocracy. But what is it like to live this wonderful life? And what does it feel like to be a regulation-issue, middle-class person, thrust into the centre of this mob and forced to survive? This is the position in which Charles Jennings found himself, in PEOPLE LIKE US: the suburban outsider trying to make sense of the closed, privileged, self-indulgent world of being born and raised to another way of life. From the great social functions of the Season, to private parties in Kensington, to almost anything to do with horses, PEOPLE LIKE US is fascinating, appalling, argumentative, mocking, envious and wickedly funny. You could call it invitation-only anthropology.... No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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