Matthew Engel

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Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of BritainPaperback, 1 March 2010

Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain
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Print Length
334 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Pan Books (UK)
Date Published
1 Mar 2010
ISBN-10
0330512374
ISBN-13
9780330512374

Description

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 folkloreyet 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, humor, capacity for suffering, and even sexual repression. To uncover its mysteries, Engel has traveled the system from Penzance to Thurso, exploring its history and talking to people from politicians to platform staff. Along the way Engel finds the most charmingly bizarre train in Britain, the most beautiful branch line, the rudest railway man, andafter a quest lasting decadesan individual pot of strawberry jam. "Eleven Minutes Late" is both a polemic and a paean, and it is also very funny."

Product Details

Author:
Matthew Engel
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
GB
Date Published:
1 March 2010
Dimensions:
19.56 x 12.95 x 1.78 cm
ISBN-10:
0330512374
ISBN-13:
9780330512374
Language:
English
Pages:
334
Publisher:
Weight:
272.16 gm

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