false 448178 6 In 1983 Beryl Bainbridge and crew embarked on a BBC-sponsored tour from Southampton up through Manchester, then on to Milton Keynes, mirroring the route taken by J.B. Priestley in his 1933 classic, <i>English Journey</i>. Bainbridge pegs the British people just right, and notes the small details, such as the hundreds of starlings "perched in rows like black door-knobs" on the roof and gables of Bradford's Town Hall. She takes England's pulse, compares it to the England her family knew and to Priestley's reports of 50 years before, providing depth and poignancy to her sharp, amusing perceptions. 436838 1984 English Journey: Or the Road to Milton Keynes total:4|4:2|3:1|2:1| 4 13 7 0 2 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:48:28 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 00:48:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 24 21:51:03 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 21:51:03 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Dec 20 16:06:59 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 12:38:02 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Apr 20 12:41:05 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 12:41:05 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Jan 13 07:52:59 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 07:52:59 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 00:03:04 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 05:52:07 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Thu Apr 26 21:16:38 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 26 21:16:38 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1889995