Product Description

When Peter York and Anne Barr wrote "The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook", they were responsible for the birth of a phenomenon: the Sloane. A generation on Peter York - 'The Nancy Mitford of our time,'("Financial Times") - has spotted a new trend in British society. From Camilla and Charles to Zac Goldsmith and David Cameron posh is back in vogue and bigger than ever. But who are the new generation Sloanes and what exactly do they do? From what they wear, where they live, who they love and how they lunch, "SR II" is the only handbook to the heart of British society. One simply cannot afford to miss it.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26129 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 176 pages

Sunday Telegraph
Hugely fun.

From the Back Cover
The Latest Guide to What Really Matters

Where to holiday (Mustique, Val d'Isère or Rock)

What to eat (organic veg or rare breeds)

What to wear (Chlöe and Dubarry)

Who to idolise (Prince Charles, Zac Goldsmith or Beyoncé)

Where to do rehab (The Meadows, Arizona)

What to drink (crack baby)

Where to live (W10 or Glos.)

The problem with Kate

About the Author
Peter York is Britain's original style guru. Style Editor of Harpers & Queen for a decade he currently writes a column for the Independent on Sunday. His book, Dictators' Homes was published by Atlantic in 2005. Olivia Stewart-Liberty is a novelist and journalist.

Customer Reviews

Brilliant!!
I found this a witty and accurate portrayal of one of Britain's most powerful and extraordinary social groups. Very funny, it frequently made me laugh out loud in the way that it captures stereotypes so accurately without being snide.

The pictures are hilarious and the illustrations brilliant. I would highly recommend this book!

Brilliant, Fun and a Must-Read for Anyone Living in England or Dealing With English
The complex and traditional society that England is can be completely closed and alien for foreigners for many reasons. This is a social manual of sorts to understand modern Britain, far beyond Sloanes' tribe, which is thriving and is now further split into classes and groups. Some newspaper reviewers argue that many of the people in this book aren't Sloanes at all, well, perhaphs, but they are 'cousins' nevertheless.

Witty, well written, the book is timely and fun. I was frustrated to had finished it so quickly and wish there were a TV series based on the theme to get a weekly fix. For once there should be something half-inspirational, tired of watching all the English losers on TV, even if as pleasant and disarming as Rodney and Dell Boy! The TV is destroyed by Little England's atrocious pronuciations, monied chavs are omnipresent, while class is hard to come by.

Great book to get in touch with the latest trends, accurate and very charming. MUST BE CONTINUED AND UPDATED REGULARLY!!!

pale imitation
Pitiful. A shadow of the orginial which codified a living, breathing, vibrant tribe. The first page of Cooler, Faster, More Expensive recognises that times have radically changed and, ipso facto, The Age of The Oik has destroyed the Sloane. But then, in focusing on the odd exception to this death-rule, the book tries to prove the contrary (that the "Species Sloane" IS, in fact, still alive, kicking and in all tradtional leadership and other roles.) Very muddled.

A follow up on the original Henry and Caroline (plus family) would have been interesting - but a sad epitaph on fundamentally decent people, and thus not the stuff of a commercial book.