Awards
The Man Booker Prize (nominee)
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The Man Booker Prize (nominee)
Visionary tycoon Sir Jack Pitman builds replicas of all the major tourist attractions on the Isle of Wight, from Stonehenge to Manchester United. The project is monstrous, risky and vastly successful - indeed it gradually begins to rival "Old" England, and threatens to supersede it.Julian Barnes's England, England is a sharp-edged satire of Englishness at the end of the 20th century. The real England is failing--her empire lost, her aspirations to greatness subsiding, her history fading. Megalomaniacal entrepreneur Sir Jack Pitman hits upon the idea of creating an altogether superior, theme-park version of the original on the Isle of Wight (renamed simply the Island). His creative team includes Martha Cochraine, whose own childhood disappointments and unfulfilled dreams Barnes unfolds to the reader in the opening chapters. For a brief moment it looks as if able Martha will outsmart the ruthless Sir Jack, assisted by her grateful, bespectacled lover Paul Harrison (the operation's "ideas catcher"). But this is fantasy, so humble Paul betrays Martha (it would never do for the feisty woman to win after all). She retreats to the real England of faded glory, nostalgic folklore and regret.
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Hardback Editions
September 1999 : Hardback
| Title: England, England: Open Market Edition Author(s):: Julian Barnes ISBN: 0375705910 / 9780375705915 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Books Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
May 1999 : Hardback
| Title: England, England Author(s):: Julian Barnes ISBN: 0753160331 / 9780753160336 (UK edition) Publisher: ISIS Large Print Books Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK Amazon |
April 1999 : Hardback
| Title: England, England Author(s):: Julian Barnes ISBN: 0375405828 / 9780375405822 (USA edition) Publisher: Knopf Availability: Amazon UK Amazon |
October 1998 : Hardback
| Title: ENGLAND ENGLAND. Author(s):: Julian. Barnes ISBN: 0679309764 / 9780679309765 (USA edition) Publisher: Jonathan Cape London Availability: Amazon CA Amazon Amazon UK |
August 1998 : Hardback
| Title: England, England Author(s):: Julian Barnes ISBN: 0224052756 / 9780224052757 (UK edition) Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
1998 : Hardback
| Title: England, England Author(s):: Julian Barnes ISBN: 0224041894 / 9780224041898 (UK edition) Publisher: Jonathan Cape Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
Paperback Editions
January 2008 : Paperback
| Title: England, England Author(s):: Julian Barnes ISBN: 0099526549 / 9780099526544 (UK edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon UK Amazon |
September 1999 : Paperback
| Title: England England Author(s):: Julian Barnes ISBN: 0330373447 / 9780330373449 (UK edition) Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon UK Amazon |
January 2000 : Paperback
| Title: England, England Author(s):: Julian Barnes ISBN: 0375705503 / 9780375705502 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
February 2000 : Paperback
| Title: England, England Author(s):: Julian Barnes ISBN: 0753160560 / 9780753160565 (UK edition) Publisher: ISIS Large Print Books Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
September 1999 : Paperback
| Title: England England (A Format) Author(s):: Barnes Julian ISBN: 033038984X / 9780330389846 (UK edition) Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon UK |
April 1999 : Paperback
| Title: England, England Author(s):: Julian Barnes ISBN: 0679309977 / 9780679309970 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Canada Availability: Amazon CA Amazon Amazon UK |
Audio Editions
May 1999 : Audio Cassette
| Title: England, England Author(s):: Julian Barnes ISBN: 0787119717 / 9780787119713 (USA edition) Publisher: Audio Literature Availability: Amazon CA |
September 1998 : Audio Cassette
| Title: England, England Author(s):: Julian Barnes ISBN: 1856865916 / 9781856865913 (UK edition) Publisher: Random House Audiobooks Availability: Amazon UK Amazon |
9999 : Audio Cassette
| Title: England, England Author(s):: Julian Barnes ISBN: 1841971057 / 9781841971056 (UK edition) Publisher: Clipper Audio Books Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK |
Kindle Editions
February 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: England, England Author(s):: Julian Barnes ISBN: B0038AUYDM Publisher: Vintage Digital Availability: Amazon UK |
January 2009 : Kindle edition
| Title: England, England (Vintage International) Author(s):: Julian Barnes ISBN: B001PU7W78 Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
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