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Looking for Class

By Bruce Feiler
Looking for Class by Bruce Feiler digital book - Fable

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An irresistible, entertaining peek into the privileged realm of Wordsworth and Wodehouse, Chelsea Clinton and Hugh Grant, Looking for Class offers a hilarious account of one man's year at Oxford and Cambridge -- the garden parties and formal balls, the high-minded debates and drinking Olympics. From rowing in an exclusive regatta to learning lessons in love from a Rhodes Scholar, Bruce Feiler's enlightening, eye-popping adventure will forever change your view of the British upper class, a world romanticized but rarely seen.

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2.5
“Unfortunately a DNF for me; too crass for my taste. So much potential, at two places (Oxford and Cambridge) I adore, but I just didn’t need to read about certain exploits uni mates shared.”
“2.5 Stars. At the end of the book, the porter asks the author a favour, "when you get back to America, don't tell people what it's really like here. Tell them what they want to hear." Let's just say that the author didn't really fulfill that favour. This isn't a romantic look at an established university where one goes to learn and philosophize and punt down the river. It's more the underbelly of student life, centering around drink, sex, partying and for want of a better word, pontificating. Whilst I enjoyed some parts of the book (his observations of British life, the debate....) most of it centered around the partying life of the students, whilst likely true to life, didn't make for the kind of reading I enjoy. Also, this book predates Brexit and even the era of smartphones - it would be interesting to see if things have changed since then, probably not that much.”

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