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Synopsis
Xenophobia: An irrational fear of foreigners. Xenophobe's Guides: Small books that show the more you know the less you fear. Xenophobe's motto: Forewarned is forearmed.
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From the Back Cover
'The diversity of the Swiss is apparent in the degree to which they worry. The German-speakers do little else. The French-speaking Swiss are great visionaries and philosophers with noble thoughts and global dreams. They worry that their Swiss-German compatriots do not share these dreams.
The Italian-speaking Swiss have a terrible tendency not to worry nearly enough.'
Xenophobia is an irrational fear of foreigners, probably justified, always understandable.
Xenophobe's Guides - an irreverent look at the beliefs and foibles of nations, almost guaranteed to cure Xenophobia. (4 1/4 x 7, 64 pages)
About the Author
Born in Southport, Lancashire, Paul Bilton recently became what is known somewhat unaffectionately as a ¿paper Swiss¿. (First marry a Swiss, then live in the country for five years, fill in forms, wait another 18 months, and finally hand over several hundred Swiss francs in cash for the paper which grants you Swiss nationality to the local postman when he delivers your mail.)
A short career in magazine publishing was preceded by an even shorter career in advertising (¿Ferguson¿s Fertilizers Fertilize Faster¿). In the 1980s he launched a business to manufacture plastic products under his own patent, and later left both the business and Britain to become an Ausländer in Switzerland.
His book The Perpetual Tourist - in search of a Swiss role is published by Bergli Books of Basel, and between writing, broadcasting and giving talks about Swiss life, he gives odd English lessons. He tries hard to worry more, but still cannot understand why it is frowned upon to redecorate his nuclear shelter himself.
He and his Swiss wife live an idyllic life by the Zurich lake-shore where he collects coffee creamer tops while she embroiders car cushions. They enjoy a near perfect diet of muesli and Rösti, but never on the same plate.
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- PublisherRavette Pub Ltd
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 1853045691
- ISBN 13 9781853045691
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages64
- EditorBilton Paul
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