{"product_id":"the-politics-of-pain-postwar-england-and-the-rise-of-nationalism-9781631496455","title":"The Politics of Pain: Postwar England and the Rise of Nationalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eEngland'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 \u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Pain\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Anglo Files\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO'Toole, Fintan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eFintan O'Toole\u003c\/strong\u003e is a columnist for the \u003cem\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/em\u003e and a professor at Princeton University. A regular contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e and the author of several books, he lives in Princeton, New Jersey, and Dublin, Ireland.","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50361679970578,"sku":"9781631496455","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_50b519b6-e40c-45e9-8193-3621dcfab482.jpg?v=1728373779","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-politics-of-pain-postwar-england-and-the-rise-of-nationalism-9781631496455","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}