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Adventures On The High Teas: In Search Of Middle England (2009)

by Stuart Maconie(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0091926505 (ISBN13: 9780091926502)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Ebury Press

review 1: I'm sad to say that I probably would have liked this book more if I hadn't been forced to read it for uni. Due to the fact that I was forced, the book was hard to read mostly because I lacked motivation.The book itself is not bad. It has several gems, and I did laugh out loud at several parts. However, if you aren't already familiar with Middle England or England overall, the book can be a bit dry. Maconie makes a lot of references to British personalities, events, and companies that an outsider will most likey never have heard of. It makes parts of the book unclear and hard to understand. If you are genuinely interested in English culture than I do recommend you this book. Otherwise there are many other books that are better to read.
review 2: Frustratingly no... moret quite good enough, like its predecessor Pies and Prejudice. I really enjoyed Maconie's autobiography Cider with Roadies. I haven't listened to his radio show nor read much if any of his journalism but I've heard enough of his voice to be able to settle into satisfyingly connected nostalgia over Wigan. And this book provides a wide conduit into similar sensations about multiple places across England but with an annoying grit of irrelevant opinion. Overall he presents himself as a kind man but just slightly too often he sounds wrong notes and I don't just mean that he doesn't get that Terry Pratchett is serious and not pure whimsy. His ability to turn a phrase nicely is still in plentiful evidence throughout Adventure on the High Teas but the whole is insufficiently well constructed. The subject matter is becoming very well covered and you know there can't be any very solid conclusions so adding to the pile has to be good or it is merely OK.However, I know perfectly well that eventually I am going to be wanting to read his next book.... less

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