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Booker Prize Finalist"Wickedly funny." --The Brand New York TimesImagine an England where all of the bars are stylish,  where the Windsors act themselves (mainly), where the cliffs of Dover are truly bright, and where Robin Hood and his merry men truly are merry.  This is just what experienced magnate, Sir Jack Pitman, attempts to complete about the Isle of Wight, a "location" where vacationers will find reproductions of Big Ben (half-size), Princess Di's serious, and also Harrod's (easily situated within the structure of London).Martha Cochrane, employed as you of  Sir Jack's resident "no-individuals," ably helps him in recognizing his dream.  But when this land of make-believe progressively gets unbelievably And hilariously beyond control, Martha evolves her very own vision of an ideal England.  Julian Barnes treats us with a book that's at the same time a rush of mischief, a philosophical query, and a moving elegy about nationality and credibility.