8 Out of 10 Brits: Intriguing and useless statistics about the world's 79th largest nation

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A light-hearted, whistlestop tour of todayx2019;s Britain, done entirely through statistics and survey results.In 8 out of 10 Brits, Charlie Crocker paints a quirkily numerical portrait of Britain. Full of surprising facts about who they are, fascinating information about what they do, and revealing figures about how theyx2019;ve changed, this is the essential companion to British life.x2022; The British consume at least double the per capita quantity of baked beans eaten by any other nationalityx2022; By early 2005 there were more mobile phones in the UK than people x2014; at least 60 millionx2022; The divorce rate in 2007 was the lowest in 30 yearsFrom the Hardcover edition.

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Charlie Croker is an author and journalist. His previous books include The Little Book of Beckham, A Game of Three Halves and Lost in Translation. He has also written for The Times, the Independent on Sunday and the Spectator, among others.