England, England
By Julian Barnes.
Description
Per the Globe and Mail: "This book is a ferociously funny send-up of England's chattering classes....England, England not only skewers contemporary Englishness, but reminds us tht the nove of ideas still possesses the power to dasszle, provoke, and amuse." In it Flamboyant tycoon Sir Jack Pitman as an idea. Since most tourists are too lazy and unlettered to travel from landmark to landmark, why not simplify things and shrink all of England to the size of a theme park? Located on the Isle of Wight, his reconstituted country is everything you imagined the original to be, but...
ISBN(s)
0679309977, 9780679309970
