England, England
Booker Prize Finalist"Wickedly funny."--The New York TimesImagine an England where all the pubs are quaint,??where the Windsors behave themselves (mostly), where the cliffs of Dover are actually white, and where Robin Hood and his merry men really are merry.??This is precisely what visionary tycoon, Sir Jack Pitman, seeks to accomplish on the Isle of Wight, a "destination" where tourists can find replicas of Big Ben (half size), Princess Di's grave, and even Harrod's (conveniently located insid…
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- Full title :England, England / Barnes, Julian.
Summary
Booker Prize Finalist"Wickedly funny."--The New York TimesImagine an England where all the pubs are quaint,??where the Windsors behave themselves (mostly), where the cliffs of Dover are actually white, and where Robin Hood and his merry men really are merry.??This is precisely what visionary tycoon, Sir Jack Pitman, seeks to accomplish on the Isle of Wight, a "destination" where tourists can find replicas of Big Ben (half size), Princess Di's grave, and even Harrod's (conveniently located inside the tower of London). Martha Cochrane, hired as one of??Sir Jack's resident "no-people," ably assists him in realizing his dream.??But when this land of make-believe gradually gets horribly and hilariously out of hand, Martha develops her own vision of the perfect England.??Julian Barnes delights us with a novel that is at once a philosophical inquiry, a burst of mischief, and a moving elegy about authenticity and nationality. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Publication Date:2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Place of Publication:Place of publication not identified
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
Notes
Electronic book.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource; 1 online resource (288 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780307555953, 030755595X
- oclc:ocn841316842
- LC Classification:PR6052.A6657
- Dewey Decimal:823.914
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