Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time

By Rob Temple

Book Overview

There's an epidemic sweeping the nation

Symptoms include:
*Acute embarrassment at the mere notion of 'making a fuss'
*Extreme awkwardness when faced with any social greeting beyond a brisk handshake
*An unhealthy preoccupation with meteorology

Doctors have also reported several cases of unnecessary apologising, an obsessive interest in correct queuing etiquette and dramatic sighing in the presence of loud teenagers on public transport. If you have experienced any of these symptoms, you may be suffering from VERY BRITISH PROBLEMS.

VERY BRITISH PROBLEMS are highly contagious. There is no known cure.

Rob Temple's hilarious book reveals all the ways in which we are a nation of socially awkward but well-meaning oddballs, struggling to make it through every day without apologising to an inanimate object. Take comfort in misfortunes of others. You are not alone.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075155703X
• ISBN13: 9780751557039
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Sphere
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.9" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Good news: You may not be socially awkward. You may just be British.

To be sure, there are a fair number of jokes whose laugh will be delayed the length of time it takes to look up the reference (or longer--a few general cultural milieu matters defy a simple internet search). Generally, socially anxious folks everywhere can rejoice--and possibly laugh so abuptly that they need to apologize to their pets--that there is an entire island full of people who, with the addition of a few superfluous U's, share their pain.