Gregory Shapiro – the American Netherlander – brings you a must-have alternative to the Dutch assimilation course. What is the true Dutch identity? Shapiro shares his hilariously clumsy assimilation into Dutch culture and blasts some well-known stereotypes along the way. The book includes questions from the real Dutch Assimilation Exam, whose logic Shapiro delightfully dissects to reveal the Dutch identity they’d rather you didn’t know. How to Be Orange includes a photo essay of the most awkward Dutch product names and is illustrated by award-winning cartoonist Floor de Goede. How to Be Orange makes you redefine the Holland you thought you knew. Shapiro examines the dialogue from Pulp Fiction to find out how many ‘little differences’ have changed. He asks ‘If Holland is the Drug Capital of the world, why is it so hard to get antibiotics?’ And Shapiro tells how the Dutch tradition of Zwarte Piet made his children into little racists. If you’re looking for an official guide to Dutch culture, this is not it. If you’re looking for one man’s completely subjective and utterly biased impression of Dutch culture, this book is for you.

How to Be Orange

Humor & Entertainment

Shapiro, Gregory

Humor

XPat Scriptum Publishers

After the success of his book 'How to Be Orange: An Alternative Dutch Assimilation Course,' Comedian Greg Shapiro now writes the questions that SHOULD be on the Dutch Citizenship Exam. How to Be Dutch makes you redefine the Holland you thought you knew. Shapiro examines the dialogue from Pulp Fiction to ask: how many 'little differences' have changed? And he asks pressing questions, such as: 'If Holland is the Drug Capital of the world, why is it so hard to get antibiotics?'

How to be Dutch: The Quiz

If you are looking for an official guide to Dutch culture, this is not it. But if you're looking for one man's completely subjective and utterly quirky impression of Dutch culture, then this book is for you. In The American Netherlander, Shapiro combines elements of his first book How to Be Orange and How to Be Dutch: the Quiz - featuring the questions that should be on the Dutch citizenship exam. With illustrations by Floor de Goede 'Do You Know Flo.' Book jacket.

The American Netherlander: 25 Years of Expat Tales

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Books by Shapiro, Gregory

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How to Be Orange

How to be Dutch: The Quiz

The American Netherlander: 25 Years of Expat Tales