England England

By: Julian Barnes

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Paperback | 1 October 1999 | Edition Number 1

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As every schoolboy knows, you can fit the whole of England on the Isle of Wight. In this humorous new novel, the grotesque, visionary tycoon Sir Jack Pitman takes the saying literally and does exactly that.

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Barnes comes across like an intellectual Ben Elton in this wayward and improbable, but rather likeable story. Although England, England is bitingly satirical about notions of heritage and history, it doesn't take itself too seriously. It's an outrageous precept: an egotistical tycoon buys the Isle of Wight and turns it into a miniature England for tourists, compressing virtually all the nation's monuments into a few crime-free, hassle-free square miles. When the businesslike and unemotional Martha Cochrane gets involved at the scheme's outset, will she act to stop the madness or ultimately be corrupted herself? It's a clever idea, entertainingly executed. (Kirkus UK)

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