{"product_id":"9780099526544","title":"Julian Barnes - England, England","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Julian Barnes. Themes include Fiction, Action \u0026amp; Adventure, Literary, Satire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 of Dover. The project is monstrous, risky, and vastly successful. In fact, it gradually begins to rival 'Old' England and even threatens to supersede it...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e One of Barnes's finest and funniest novels, \u003ci\u003eEngland, England\u003c\/i\u003e calls into question the idea of replicas, truth vs fiction, reality vs art, nationhood, myth-making, and self-exploration.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A brilliant, Swiftian fantasy'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58150613582198,"sku":null,"price":6.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780099526544.jpg?v=1782382361","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780099526544","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}