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The Art of Being Middle Class: How to Handle Life's Awkward Micro-moments
Middle-class Brits are embarrassed, awkward, and charmingly insecure in their tastes. The Art of Being Middle-Class, based on stories from cult blog The Middle Class Handbook, is here to help.
What are the essential topics to cover when talking about other couples?
What do you do about the awkward bag on the seat moment?
How do you subtly boast about your summer holiday destination?
What does your cooker hood say about you?
With tips on taste and etiquette, a conspiratorial cheer here and there, and a kick up the bum when necessary, this book sets out to help our marvellous British MCs be the best they can be.
Praise for The Middle Class
"Indispensable... whether you're middle class or pretending not to be." GQ magazine.
"Hilarious... we laughed our organic, brushed cotton socks off." Grazia.
" The Middle Class Handbook skewers the middle classes, and then dissects them with ruthless comical accuracy." Esquire.
What are the essential topics to cover when talking about other couples?
What do you do about the awkward bag on the seat moment?
How do you subtly boast about your summer holiday destination?
What does your cooker hood say about you?
With tips on taste and etiquette, a conspiratorial cheer here and there, and a kick up the bum when necessary, this book sets out to help our marvellous British MCs be the best they can be.
Praise for The Middle Class
"Indispensable... whether you're middle class or pretending not to be." GQ magazine.
"Hilarious... we laughed our organic, brushed cotton socks off." Grazia.
" The Middle Class Handbook skewers the middle classes, and then dissects them with ruthless comical accuracy." Esquire.
240 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2012
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November 25, 2020
I think that if you are living in UK, I might love this book. However as Thai, some of the jokes in this book are not related to me (and it's not the fault of the book, it's just I don't know much about culture in Britain).
March 12, 2013
It's one of those cheap and cheerful funny books that are broken down into little sections making it very easy to pick up and put down, very much in the vein of the Grumpy Old... Books.
Some good witty sections!
Some good witty sections!
April 12, 2014
Ugh. A humour book which was singularly unfunny.
Summarisable as the distinguishing characteristic of the Middle-Class being a preoccupation with social perception, and how it translates to the way they navigate life.
Summarisable as the distinguishing characteristic of the Middle-Class being a preoccupation with social perception, and how it translates to the way they navigate life.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews