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The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain
Ian Jack
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Description for The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain
Paperback. A selection from over twenty years of reporting and writing that sets out to deal with Britain - from national disasters to football matches to obesity. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 332.
In this selection from over twenty years of reporting and writing, Ian Jack sets out to deal with contemporary Britain - from national disasters to football matches to obesity - but is always drawn back in time, vexed by the question of what came first.
In 'Women and Children First', watching the film Titanic leads into an investigation into the legend of Wallace Henry Hartley, the famous band leader of the doomed liner, while 'The 12.10 to Leeds', a magnificent report on the Hatfield rail crash, begins its hunt for clues in the eighteenth century in the search ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099532132
SKU
V9780099532132
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Ian Jack
After working on a weekly newspaper in Scotland in the 1960s, Ian Jack worked from 1970 to 1986 at the Sunday Times as a reporter, editor, feature writer and foreign correspondent. He was a co-founder of the Independent on Sunday in 1989 and edited the paper from 1991 to 1995. Having been editor since 1995, he left Granta in 2007 ... Read more
Reviews for The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain
Jack's eye for precise detail, his curiosity and his luminous intelligence shine through every piece. His is a kind of writing we are lucky to still have around
Jackie Kay
Scotsman
Elegiac rather than nostalgic... At the heart of the book are three magnificent essays
The Economist
Superb
Alexander Chancellor
Spectator
Wonderful... ... Read more
Jackie Kay
Scotsman
Elegiac rather than nostalgic... At the heart of the book are three magnificent essays
The Economist
Superb
Alexander Chancellor
Spectator
Wonderful... ... Read more