François Théodore Thistlethwaite's FRENGLISH THOUGHTS

The product of his parents' ferociously antagonistic genes, François Théodore Thistlethwaite is a split-identity 'Frenglishman'. Any one of his three alter egos - François, the Marxist Frenchman, his ultra-conservative English brother, Thistlethwaite, or Théodore, their philosophical middle voice of reason - can be invested with possession of the whole to expound their views on the English and French 'physically separated by just a narrow stretch of shallow brine but mentally vast oceans apart'. This collection of seriously humorous essays is illustrated by a variety of amusing anecdotes drawn from the author's own experiences and observations during more than 40 years of survival among the Gallics, and contains a host of reflections on the French and English - especially in their everyday lives - some of which are controversial enough to shake the very foundations of the Entente Cordiale. An indispensable guide to understanding many of those differences which separate the English and French.