With the appeal of Jeremy Paxman's The English but written with AA Gill's trademark irony and humour 'It annoys, arouses feelings and forces one to confront received opinions. Whether one sides with it or not, one can admire the zest of the writing and applaud its splendid lack of political correctness' Beryl Bainbridge, Mail on Sunday 'Gill is a delightful, funny polemicist. His prose floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee and, just when you least expect it, lands a deft and lethal blow beneath the belt' Terence Blacker, Sunday Times
AA Gill was born in Edinburgh. He is the author of two novels, Sap Rising (1997) and Starcrossed (1999), books on two of London's most famous restaurants, The Ivy and Le Caprice, and a travel book, AA Gill is Away. He is the TV and restaurant critic for the Sunday Times and is a contributing editor to GQ magazine. He lives in London and spends much of his year travelling.
'In a series of fascinating essays, Gill reveals there is a swell of suppressed anger in the English... Much of it is extremely funny, the reader is left with the queasy question: what if he is right?' SUNDAY TIMES (30/7/06) 'An entertaining polemic... a thought-provoking, some would say overdue, book that challenges the English self-image of genteel reserve.' CHOICE
'In a series of fascinating essays, Gill reveals there is a swell of suppressed anger in the English... Much of it is extremely funny, the reader is left with the queasy question: what if he is right?' SUNDAY TIMES (30/7/06) 'An entertaining polemic... a thought-provoking, some would say overdue, book that challenges the English self-image of genteel reserve.' CHOICE
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