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Untied Kingdom (Gollancz S.F.)
 
 
Untied Kingdom (Gollancz S.F.) (Hardcover)
by James Lovegrove (Author) "'Sir? Mr Morris?' ..." (more)
3.8 out of 5 stars  (5 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 404 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz (17 April 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575073853
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575073852
  • Product Dimensions: 24.5 x 16.5 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,150,456 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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After a series of disasterous political decisions the United Kingdom has finally fallen foul of the International Coummunity. Ostracized and bombed at random, the country has fallen apart. With the infrastructure in ruins tiny communities struggle on, relying on ancient traditions and myth for their structure and identity. In the village of Downbourne, the mayor has styled himself the Green Man. But even he is powerless to stop a raid on the village by a London based gang who kidnap a number of the village's women. One of them is the schoolmaster's wife. Their marriage was an arid disaster, but the schoolmaster feels bound to do the right thing and sets off on a journey through an England at once terrifying and magical to get her back. But does this particular damsel even want to be rescued?

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After a series of disasterous political decisions the United Kingdom has finally fallen foul of the International Coummunity. Ostracized and bombed at random, the country has fallen apart. With the infrastructure in ruins tiny communities struggle on, relying on ancient traditions and myth for their structure and identity. In the village of Downbourne, the mayor has styled himself the Green Man. But even he is powerless to stop a raid on the village by a London based gang who kidnap a number of the village's women. One of them is the schoolmaster's wife. Their marriage was an arid disaster, but the schoolmaster feels bound to do the right thing and sets off on a journey through an England at once terrifying and magical to get her back. But does this particular damsel even want to be rescued?

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, 5 out of 5 (there is no 6), 6 Aug 2005
Do we really need to know what The Unlucky Gamble was? The unlikely nature of the nation's state probably made it impossible to frame a series of events that could have led there. But a premise is just that, a premise.

Alright, yes, it did irk me. Every time the UG was mentioned I wanted to know what had happened. When I closed the back cover, though, I didn't feel disappointed. I felt furious. Furious at Fen, incandescent at Moira (I seethe even now, hands trembling over the keyboard) and furious myself for expecting Hollywood.

These were not merely believable characters. These were people. These were people that, after 200,000 words or so I wanted to meet, to hug, to shake, to deck.

There is a wonderful sense of Englishness in there, as well. Something we've lost under decades of shell suits, GTIs, Spice Girls and Oasis, fatuous "cool Britannia" glitter. Something that perhaps we can rediscover even in the competing glare of politico-patriotism and it's vicious, twisted little sibling, nationalism.

If you are English, married and liberal, you will find United Kingdom a deeply moving read. Fen is my Candide.