George Mikes

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George Mikes (1912--1987) was a Hungarian-born British author most famous for his commentaries on various countries. How to be an Alien poked gentle fun at the English, including a one-line chapter on sex: "Continental people have sex lives; the English have hot-water bottles." Subsequent books dealt with (among others) Japan (The Land of the Rising Yen), Israel (Milk and Honey, The Prophet Motive), the USA (How to Scrape Skies), and the United Nations (How to Unite Nations), Australia (Boomerang), and the British again (How to be Inimitable, How to be Decadent), and South America (How to Tango). Other subjects include God (How to be God), his cat (Tsi-Tsa 1978) and wealth (How to be poor 1983).

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