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England, England
Julian Barnes
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Paperback. As every schoolboy knows, you can fit the whole of England on the Isle of Wight. Grotesque, visionary tycoon Sir Jack Pitman takes the saying literally and does exactly that. He constructs on the island 'The Project', a vast heritage centre containing everything 'English', from Manchester United to the white cliffs of Dover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction
As every schoolboy knows, you can fit the whole of England on the Isle of Wight. Grotesque, visionary tycoon Sir Jack Pitman takes the saying literally and does exactly that. He constructs on the island 'The Project', a vast heritage centre containing everything 'English', from Big Ben to Stonehenge, from Manchester United to the white cliffs of Dover. The project is monstrous, risky, and vastly successful. In fact, it gradually begins to rival 'Old' England and even threatens to supersede it...
One of Barnes's finest and funniest novels, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099526544
SKU
V9780099526544
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About Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes is the author of thirteen novels, including The Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and Sunday Times bestsellers The Noise of Time and The Only Story. He has also written three books of short stories, four collections of essays and three books of non-fiction, including the Sunday Times number one bestseller ... Read more
Reviews for England, England
The sharpest-tasting novel about the modern littleness of England.
John Sutherland
The Times
Runs at glorious full tilt...delightful stuff
Independent
A brilliant, Swiftian fantasy
The Economist
There is no more intelligent writer on the literary scene. In this novel, he is also moving. He has written nothing more poignant and enticing
John ... Read more
John Sutherland
The Times
Runs at glorious full tilt...delightful stuff
Independent
A brilliant, Swiftian fantasy
The Economist
There is no more intelligent writer on the literary scene. In this novel, he is also moving. He has written nothing more poignant and enticing
John ... Read more