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From one of the most perceptive observers of the English today comes a brilliantly insightful, mordantly funny account of their seemingly irrational embrace of nationalism.

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England's recent lurch to the right appears to be but one example of the nationalist wave sweeping across the world, yet as acclaimed Irish critic Fintan O'Toole suggests in The Politics of Pain, it is, in reality, a phenomenon rooted in World War II. We must look not to the vagaries of the European Union but, instead, far back to the end of the British empire, if we hope to understand our most fraternal ally--and the royal mess in which the British now find themselves. O'Toole depicts a roiling nation that almost ludicrously dreams of a German invasion, if only to get the blood going, and that erupts in faux outrage over regulations on "prawn-flavored crisps." A sympathetic yet unsparing observer, O'Toole asks: How did a great nation bring itself to the point of such willful self-harm? His answer represents one of the most profound portraits of the English since Sarah Lyall's New York Times bestseller The Anglo Files.

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  • Title The Politics of Pain: Postwar England and the Rise of Nationalism
  • Author Fintan O'Toole
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Liveright Publishing Corporation
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9781631496455 / 163149645X
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.2 in (23.62 x 15.75 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Category Politics / Current Events
  • Library of Congress subjects European Union - Great Britain, Great Britain - Foreign relations - European
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2019031268
  • Dewey Decimal Code 341.242

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  • Kirkus Reviews, 10/01/2019, Page 70
  • Library Journal, 10/25/2019, Page 1
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