All Them Cornfields and Ballet in the Evening

by John Miller

2021-01-06 04:16:32

Thirty-five years ago, John Miller gave a talk to the Great Britain - USSR Association about his experiences in the Soviet Union as a foreign correspondent. His book All Them Cornfields and Ballet in the Evening is the story of some of the people and... Read more
Thirty-five years ago, John Miller gave a talk to the Great Britain - USSR Association about his experiences in the Soviet Union as a foreign correspondent. His book All Them Cornfields and Ballet in the Evening is the story of some of the people and places he visited over some 50 years of involvement with the USSR - now a vanished world. The title is unashamedly stolen from the film I'm Alright Jack, which appeared in 1957. Fred Kite (played by Peter Sellers) is a communist trade-union leader, who is forever acclaiming the Soviet Union as a workers' paradise. Asked if he had been to Russia, Kite/Sellers says wistfully that he hadn't, but he often wanted to because of 'all them cornfields and ballet in the evening'. Less

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File size9 X 6 X 0.76 in
Print pages340
PublisherHodgson Press
Publication date May 13, 2010
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781906164126
Author
John Miller has been involved in the driver training industry for over 35 years. He is a qualified and experienced instructor trainer and LGV instructor. For many years he ran his own driving school f...

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