England, England
$31.16
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2008
Summary
‘A brilliant piece of satire’ (Observer) from Booker prize-winning author Julian Barnes
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099526544 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099526549 |
| Author: | Julian Barnes |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2008 |
| Weight: | 222g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Vintage Books |
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Critics Review
The sharpest-tasting novel about the modern littleness of 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 Carey * Sunday Times *
Not only a very funny satire about England and the world… He has also skilfully dissected the discomforting ways in which we have all grown to accept, and even depend on, illusion * Wall Street Journal *
Few writers think and talk so beguiling – Zoë Heller * Independent on Sunday *
About The Author
Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes is the author of fourteen novels, including The Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Booker Prize, 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 five works of non-fiction, including Nothing to Be Frightened Of and the Sunday Times number one bestseller Levels of Life. He was awarded the David Cohen Prize for lifetime contribution to literature in 2011, and the Legion d’honneur in 2017.
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