Eleven minutes late
a train journey to the soul of Britain
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Word Count
80,750 words, Guess
Page Count
323 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveelevenminuteslat0000enge_o7i0
- ISBN-100230708986
- ISBN-100230744060
- ISBN-139780230708983
- ISBN-139780230744066
and 5 more
- LibraryThing8286361
- Library of Congress Control Number2009396930
- OCLC Control Number305149744
- Better World Books9780230744066
- Open LibraryOL23680809M
Classifications
- LCCHE3015 .E54 2009
- LCCHE3015.E54 2009
- LCCHE3015 .E64 2009
Alternate Titles
- 11 minutes late
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 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."--Jacket.
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