The Restraint of Beasts
Magnus Mills
The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills is an acclaimed literary masterpiece celebrating major critical honors and timeless storytelling.
Read Time: ~4.8 hr
England, England
by Julian Barnes (1998)
About this book
A brilliant piece of satire' ObserverAs every schoolboy knows, you can fit the whole of England on the Isle of White. 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...One of Barnes's finest and funniest novels, England, England calls into question the idea of replicas, truth vs fiction, reality vs art, nationhood, myth-making, and self-exploration.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraLate 20th Century
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters
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