this is the third volume by the late idries shah in his studies of the english he takes an ironic view of the english idea of foreigners and shows the british how to deal with them the book is packed with anecdotes and handy tips from the press on keeping foreigners from british shores here is the adventure of eugene debs hartke hes a vietnam veteran a jazz pianist a college professor and a prognosticator of the apocalypse and other things earthshattering but thats neither here no there because at tarkington collegewhere he teachesthe excrement is about to hit the airconditioning and its all eugenes fault