Not exactly a rivetting read, this is a rather repetitive of account of one social anthropologist's attempt to characterize the quirks of the 'English' character. While claimig to cover all bases, the emphasis is on 'suburbia' and, despite a struggle to avoid this, the tone is irredeemably middle-class.The popularity of this book is difficult to understand, but this reviewer suspects that the appeal derives from a readership that is itself both anglophile and 'middle-class' in outlook. The expression 'ango-saxon attitudes' springs to mind!