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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. George Mikes was a Hungarian-born British author best known for his humorous commentaries on various countries. His father, Alfred Mikes, was a successful lawyer, a profession in which he wanted George to follow. Mikes graduated in Budapest in 1933 and started work as a journalist on Reggel, a Budapest newspaper. For a short while he wrote a column called Intim Pista for Szinhazi Aelet. In 1938 Mikes became the London correspondent for Reggel and 8 A rao Ujsag. He worked for Reggel until 1940. Having been sent to London to cover the Munich Crisis and expecting to stay for only a couple of weeks, he remained for the rest of his life. In 1946 he became a British Citizen. It is reported that being a Jew from Hungary was a factor in his decision. Mikes wrote in both Hungarian and English: The Observer, The Times Literary Supplement, Encounter, Irodalmi A'jsag, Nepszava, the Viennese Hungarian-language Magyar Hirado, and Vilag

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