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| Title: Out in the Midday Sun: In Search of the English Eccentric Author: Henry Hemming The English eccentric is under threat. In our increasingly homogenised society, these celebrated parts of our national identity are anomalies that may soon no longer fit. Or so it seems. Out in the Midday Sun: In Search of the English Eccentric is Henry Hemming’s quest to track down England’s last remaining eccentrics and discover the most eccentric Englishman or woman alive today.
Taking him throughout the country and featuring a cast of extraordinary characters, his book explores what it is to be an eccentric in today’s England, and makes a compelling case for the eccentrics’ fundamental role in the history and evolution of English society and the emergence of an English national identity. Ultimately – and surprisingly – Hemming concludes that this tribe is, in fact, in rude health, only no longer to be found where one would expect.
UK Publisher: John Murray Rights: All other rights available Schedule: First UK publication June 2008 Click here to purchase this title |
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