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Fifteen years ago, Joe Bennett left England for a holiday. Now it's time to come back. But how is the England of his memory different from the England of the motorway? Identikit High Streets, imported cheeriness ('Welcome to Sunny Grimsby!'), chicken tikka poker machine pubs—things aren't what they used to be. But the longer Joe travels, the more he wonders whether things were ever what they used to be in England. Even a century ago, H. V. Morton, the nation's most celebrated eulogiser, was "In Search of England". Criss-crossing the country by varying means of transport and with varying degrees of enthusiasm, Joe Bennett delivers a dazzlingly funny and poignant portrait of his homeland—part love letter, part eulogy and part diatribe, it is a wonderful follow-up to the acclaimed Land of Two Halves and establishes him as one of our most engaging travel writers.
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Joe Bennett was born in Brighton and since leaving Cambridge University has taught English in a variety of countries including Canada, Spain and New Zealand. He lives in Christchurch, New Zealand.
From Publishers Weekly:
Bennett, who's written several funny books about his adopted home, New Zealand, decided to roam his native England in the footsteps of H.V. Morton, a good-old-boy who traveled England in 1926 for his popular In Search of England. Bennett, remembering the footloose wanderings of his youth, had planned to hitchhike, but after hours and days just standing by high-speed motorways, he took a few trains before borrowing his buddy's car. He visited the durable tourist destinations—Bath, Salisbury, etc.—as well as many spots notable in Morton's day but barely interesting to modern visitors. Still, some detail always catches Bennett's eye, from the way modern football uniforms resemble "a sort of sexy lingerie," to the "lachrymose drunk" wandering the pub, "hugging anyone she can, like a blowsy octopus." Bennett feels there are "few truly remarkable places"—and most "are more significant when imagined than when visited." In the end, he stumbles on the filming of Antiques Roadshow at Norwich Cathedral—a perfect example of the commercialization of history. Readers will enjoy Bennett's understated, ironic humor, whether or not they plan to visit England. (June)
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster UK
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0743276272
- ISBN 13 9780743276276
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