Julian Barnes England England 2009 Retail EPUB eBook-BitBook

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| DATE: 2012-05-25 SIZE: 1,81MB DISKS: 01_______4,77MB PAGES: |
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| PUBLISHER: Vintage GENRE: Fiction |
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| AUTHOR: Julian Barnes |
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| FORMAT: EPUB PROTECTION: DRM EDITION: |
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| URL: http://is_gd/b2K927 |
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| LANGUAGE: English ISBN: 978-0-307-55595-3 |
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: Imagine 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). :
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: 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. :