Roger Boyes
Autore di Seduced By Hitler: The Choices of a Nation and the Ethics of Survival
Sull'Autore
Opere di Roger Boyes
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1952-08-07
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
Utenti
Recensioni
A history of how Iceland was brought down by the Global Financial Crisis of 2007. However it also shows how Iceland had created an unsustainable financial system, one that could only exist when times were good. An interesting read.
British journalist hits mid-life crisis in Berlin, turns cultural attache in Prussia. Diplomatic faux pas runs riot with umpires and spawn. Totally politically incorrect. Absolutely hilarious.
Described as "the story of an English journalist's absurd adventures living in Germany"; having visited any number of times, I bought this to see what I was missing, (or, alternatively, how I might sympathise with his issues). My daughter now lives in Germany, so i'll show her when we catch up
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 10
- Utenti
- 372
- Popolarità
- #64,810
- Voto
- 3.0
- Recensioni
- 28
- ISBN
- 24
- Lingue
- 3
Immersing himself in the culture he tries speed dating, inadvertently visits a nudist beach, spectacularly fails at cooking several times, has a massive relationship disaster and alienates two women in the process, and has his father and his friend turn up.
It is a mildly amusing book, and is as much about the British culture, as it is about German culture. It does end on a happy note, but not for the reasons that you think.… (altro)