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A Gentleman & A Player - Lough Out Loud Memoir - Free Today On Kindle
stevedan
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I came across Glenn Stewart's A Gentleman & A Player free today on Kindle. It's a memoir of a Yank in Britain. The first chapter made me laugh several times, so it looks worth getting, on free anyway.
In June 1972, Glenn Stewart boarded the SS France in New York together with his mother, brother and sister. He was heading across the Atlantic towards a new school and a new life - that of an American in England.
A stranger in a strange land, he had to learn how to cope with the baffling customs of the people who suddenly surrounded him - and learn fast.
Through school, travels across Europe, and on to Oxford University, Stewart rampaged through life, drinking, socialising, chasing girls, and getting in and out of scrapes. 'A Gentleman and a Player' is his memoir of those times and places, charting the progress of a youthful, iconoclastic, sexually voracious cultural guerilla's journey through British society and Oxford University.
Over time, he discovered how to be both a Gentleman and a Player - but the lessons were never easily learned.
Acutely observed, painfully candid, and often very funny, 'A Gentleman and a Player' identifies the strengths and weaknesses, the fine points and the follies of both countries – and those of the author as well.
Anyone looking for a comparative cultural and educational critique of America and Britain – or just a few tips on how to find a girlfriend in England – will find 'A Gentleman And a Player' essential reading.
"A brilliantly observed and evocative book." - Robert Avon, best-selling author of 'The Seducer's Diary.
In June 1972, Glenn Stewart boarded the SS France in New York together with his mother, brother and sister. He was heading across the Atlantic towards a new school and a new life - that of an American in England.
A stranger in a strange land, he had to learn how to cope with the baffling customs of the people who suddenly surrounded him - and learn fast.
Through school, travels across Europe, and on to Oxford University, Stewart rampaged through life, drinking, socialising, chasing girls, and getting in and out of scrapes. 'A Gentleman and a Player' is his memoir of those times and places, charting the progress of a youthful, iconoclastic, sexually voracious cultural guerilla's journey through British society and Oxford University.
Over time, he discovered how to be both a Gentleman and a Player - but the lessons were never easily learned.
Acutely observed, painfully candid, and often very funny, 'A Gentleman and a Player' identifies the strengths and weaknesses, the fine points and the follies of both countries – and those of the author as well.
Anyone looking for a comparative cultural and educational critique of America and Britain – or just a few tips on how to find a girlfriend in England – will find 'A Gentleman And a Player' essential reading.
"A brilliantly observed and evocative book." - Robert Avon, best-selling author of 'The Seducer's Diary.
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