The Great British Dream Factory av Dominic Sandbrook

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<p><b>''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, <i>Observer</i></b><br><br><b>''Terrific ... I defy you not to be swept up in a narrative that''s as colourful as it is dramatic'' - John Preston, <i>Mail on Sunday</i></b><br><br><b>''Dramatic, perceptive and often extremely funny'' <i>Spectator</i>, Books of the Year<br></b><br>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. <br><br>It is extraordinary to think that one British writer, J. K. Rowling, has sold more than 400 million books; that <i>Doctor Who</i> is watched in almost every developed country in the world; that James Bond has been the central character in the longes