Anecdotes of an Arab Anglophile HC25 then Darrow

then Darrow

' Margaret Atwood (on Twitter) 'Wonderful' Nigella Lawson 'This book is like one surprise after another' David Byrne 'Uplifting' Jeanette Winterson *SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2021* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021* * A Sunday Times

'I practiced at least two layers of translation in these tablets: the first from words in one language

Highly readable and informative

with Britain’s Henry Royce developing the Rolls Royce and Henry Ford mass producing cars

Anecdotes of an Arab Anglophile HC25 then DarrowAcclaimed international journalist, Faisal J. Abbas, shares a witty and urbane insight into what it is to be an Arab in London the good, the bad and the ugly. In this ode to the nations capital with searing analysis ever clothed in good humor Abbas tells the story of a personal journey from Anglophobe to Anglophile by managing Great Expectations, avoiding Les Misrables, but never losing sight of that Alice in Wonderland voyage of discovery.