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Eleven Minutes Late

By Matthew Engel

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Eleven Minutes Late

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Britain gave railways to the world, yet its own network is the dearest (definitely) and the worst (probably) in Western Europe. Trains are deeply embedded in the national psyche and folklore - yet it is considered uncool to care about them. For Matthew Engel the railway system is the ultimate expression of Britishness. It represents all the nation's ingenuity, incompetence, nostalgia, corruption, humour, capacity for suffering and even sexual repression. To uncover its mysteries, Engel has travelled the system from Penzance to Thurso, exploring its history and talking to people from politicians to platform staff. Along the way Engel ('half-John Betjeman, half-Victor Meldrew') finds the most charmingly bizarre train in Britain, the most beautiful branch line, the rudest railwayman, and - after a quest lasting decades - an Individual Pot of Strawberry Jam. Eleven Minutes Late is both a polemic and a paean, and it is also very funny.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
354
Release Date:
2010-02-05
Publication Date:
2010-02-05
Publisher:
Pan
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0330512374
ISBN13:
9780330512374
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
426 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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