Engel's England: Thirty-nine counties, one capital and one man (Paperback)

'Wry, rueful, funny, packed with knowledge, and, like all good reporting, entirely personal and subjective, it is simply the most enjoyable commentary on today's England that could be imagined.' - The Sunday Times 

'The book is a triumph and deserves an audience far beyond those infatuated with the clickety-clack of steel wheels' - Independent 

'... quirky three year quest for the essence of England. If you could bottle his wit, it would taste as sharp, rich and savoury as Worcestershire sauce on a Cornish pasty stuffed to bursting.' - Ian Finlayson, The Times 

'Highly personal and very funny' - The London Review of Books 

'[Engel] has managed to do the seemingly impossible and find a new way to write about England... The great pleasure in the book - for Engel as much as the reader - is in his love of the entertaining factual nugget' - Michael Prodger, The Financial Times 

'Engel has the perfect light, humorous touch for the task.' - The New Statesman 

'Immensely enjoyable... Engel is a wonderfully wry comic writer.' - Ian Samson, The Guardian