Read about another book on the list.England, England, by Julian Barnes
Sir Jack Pitman, tycoon, invests big in an amusement-park version of England on the Isle of Wight, where tourists can shop at Harrod’s in the Tower of London and visit Princess Di’s grave site. Inevitably, Pitman finds this harder to build than he imagined. Barnes’ novel reminds us that there are two Englands: the one we think we know, where you can sit in a pub overlooking the white cliffs of Dover…and then there’s the actual England.
England, England is one of John Sutherland's five top books about the decline of England.
--Marshal Zeringue
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