Books and games provided twin consolations by which he came to terms with an alien -- and potentially hostile -- culture and environment .
An acute observer of British ways , Nirad Chaudhary , once remarked that to Englishman abroad , literature was his wife and sport his mistress .
Books and games provided twin consolations by which observer came to terms with an alien -- and potentially hostile -- culture and environment .
An acute observer of British ways , Nirad Chaudhary , once remarked that to Englishman abroad , literature was his wife and sport his mistress .