Big Book of National Insults : 1001 Xenophobic Quips and Quotes

Name: Big Book of National Insults : 1001 Xenophobic Quips and Quotes
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ISBN: 9780304357895

ISBN-10: 0304357898

ISBN-13: 9780304357895

Edition: 2002

Authors: Julian L'Estrange

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If your idea of international relations is summed up more by 'bugger the Belgians' and 'a pox on the Poles' than 'I'd like to teach the world to sing', then The Big Book of National Insults is almost certainly the book for you. Culled from the murkiest and most biliously xenophobic depths of the (un)diplomatic bag, it presents over 1200 stinging examples of international ill will, odium and animosity.Take your seat at this table of Disunited Nations - and eat your fill of the bouillabaisse of bile, the dhansak of detestation, the lasagna of loathing, the paella of prejudice and the smorgasbord of spite. Whether it is the Russians reviling the Finns, the Dutch dissing the Turks or the…

Book details

Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cassell P L C
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 328
Size: 4.75" wide x 6.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Julian L'Estrange lives in Stoke Newington. He is the author of The Big Book of National Insults, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2002.