Roger Boyes Livres

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Roger Boyes, a Germany correspondent, seeks to save his relationship with Lena by leaving Berlin for the countryside. To support themselves, they decide to open a British-themed B&B.

'It was time, the editor told me, for a more modern approach to Germany...The three of us were the backbone of the British press corps. No cliche about Germany left the country without us having given it our seal of approval.'Laugh-out-loud funny, this is the memorable story of an English journalist's adventures - including his encounters with women - as he tries to get to grip with the Germans. Facing bankruptcy, Roger is advised by his accountant to make use of a legal loophole: in Germany married couples have their tax bill halved. So the search is on for a German bride. Meanwhile his father, a former bomber pilot and war hero, is also in financial trouble and is threatening to move to Germany and sponge off his son.The combination of financial, romantic and parental crises sets in train a hilarious romp during which we discover more than we really wanted to about speed-dating and nudist beaches, the British media obsession with Adolf Hitler and how to cheat at the Berlin marathon, curry wurst and stuffed cabbage. Writing incisively and almost without prejudice, Roger Boyes describes the peculiarities of everyday life in Germany. AUTHOR: Roger Boyes, 54, was born in Hereford into a military family and moved around a lot. He has been a foreign correspondent for over thirty years, and is currently the GErmany correspondent for The Times and author of the column 'My Berlin' in Tagesspiegel.

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Roger hat sich in die schöne Deutsche Lena verliebt. Doch schon bald hängt der Haussegen schief. Lena ersteigert ein Landhaus im tiefsten Brandenburg, um ein typisch englisches Bed & Breakfast zu eröffnen. Roger ist entsetzt: Freiwillig in die Provinz? Zu den sauertöpfischen Ossis? Never ever! Aber er lässt sich erweichen und muss feststellen: Es ist gar nicht so einfach, brandenburgischen Landeiern die feine englische Art beizubringen. Eine bissige Betrachtung der deutschen Provinz von Bestsellerautor Roger Boyes.

Roger Boyes hat die Deutschen lange studiert und weiß: Die 'Krauts' sind anders - und waren es schon immer. Ihren Urlaub verbringen sie am liebsten kurzbehost, in ihrer Freizeit wetteifern sie um die Meisterschaft im  Mülltrennen und im Beruf gehen sie mit Vorliebe einer Disziplin namens Besserwisserei nach. Oh dear! Mit lakonischem Humor und scharfer Beobachtungsgabe entlarvt Boyes all jene Marotten und Absonderlichkeiten der Deutschen, die sie so unverwechselbar machen. Ein unentbehrliches Handbuch für alle, die glauben, Deutschland bereits zu kennen.