Half-Timbering, Homosexuality and Whingeing
Ian Sansom: Julian Barnes, 1 October 1998
“... confection, set in the not-too-distant-future, the wealthy and unscrupulous entrepreneur Sir Jack Pitman imports and rebuilds all the major English tourist attractions on the Isle of Wight and opens up the island as a theme-park offering ‘Quality Leisure’ to wealthy American and Japanese tourists. Sir Jack, in the ... ”