The Englishman's Handbook

'There are other major hazards throughout the country which make it unlikely that you will ever get where you are trying to go, as Penelope Stokes noted: The first task is to ascertain that you are, in fact, in the correct village. True British perversity has dotted the countryside with near-homonymo......more

The third book in Shah's trilogy on the English is in my opinion the best. Published in 2000, it still has great relevance. If you are familiar with current affairs, you will have no difficulty finding examples of delaying tactics, group think, muddling through, double think and double speak. In 200......more

The Englishman’s Handbook is the final volume of Idries Shah’s best-selling trilogy portraying that strangest of tribes, The English. Loaded with hilarious tales, it reveals the hidden strategies and qualities that help the English deal with foreigners and tips off foreigners on how to cope with the......more

Book 3 of an entertaining trilogy. Not to be missed by those interested in English culture at a very insightful and humorous level. Reminds me of the very humor of "3 Men and a Dog".......more

Idries Shah’s amusing look at the British goes beyond the putative subject of this entertaining and instructive book.......more