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A review by sarahannkateri
The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British by Sarah Lyall
3.0
Although many parts of this book were interesting and a few were laugh-out-loud funny, I don't think it's as good as other works on the same topic.
The author spends much of the book name dropping her well-to-do friends, and though she says she's become so Anglicized that discussion of people's salaries embarrasses her, she goes to great lengths to tell the reader all about the posh schools her children go to, etc. I just didn't feel that her life, glamorous as it might be, was very interesting, and every time she started telling a personal anecdote, I lost interest.
Overall, it was worth reading but no great shakes.
The author spends much of the book name dropping her well-to-do friends, and though she says she's become so Anglicized that discussion of people's salaries embarrasses her, she goes to great lengths to tell the reader all about the posh schools her children go to, etc. I just didn't feel that her life, glamorous as it might be, was very interesting, and every time she started telling a personal anecdote, I lost interest.
Overall, it was worth reading but no great shakes.