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The Great British Dream Factory - The Strange History of Our National Imagination (Paperback)
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The Great British Dream Factory - The Strange History of Our National Imagination (Paperback)
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'Delightfully good ... an exuberant and learned celebration of
British culture ... full of love for and fascination with
everything from the origins of heavy metal in the metal-bashing
industries of the West Midlands to John Lennon's and Damien Hirst's
lust for money' Nick Cohen, Observer 'Terrific ... I defy you not
to be swept up in a narrative that's as colourful as it is
dramatic' - John Preston, Mail on Sunday 'Dramatic, perceptive and
often extremely funny' Spectator, Books of the Year Britain's
empire has gone. We no longer matter as we once did. And yet there
is still one area in which we can legitimately claim superpower
status: our popular culture. It is extraordinary to think that one
British writer, J. K. Rowling, has sold more than 400 million
books; that Doctor Who is watched in almost every developed country
in the world; that James Bond has been the central character in the
longest-running film series in history; that The Lord of the Rings
is the second best-selling novel ever written (behind only A Tale
of Two Cities); that the Beatles are still the best-selling musical
group of all time; and that only Shakespeare and the Bible have
sold more books than Agatha Christie. To put it simply, no country
on earth, relative to its size, has contributed more to the modern
imagination. This is a book about the success and the meaning of
Britain's modern popular culture, from Bond and the Beatles to
Catherine Cookson and Coronation Street, from Harry Potter, heavy
metal and Kate Bush to Damien Hirst, Downton Abbey and Grand Theft
Auto. Dominic Sandbrook's superbly rich, entertaining and
thought-provoking book makes it clear that The Great British Dream
Factory is a very strange and wonderful place indeed.
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