Description
| Product ID: | 9780241983683 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Middle England |
| Subtitle: | Winner of the Costa Novel Award 2019 |
| Authors: | Author: Jonathan Coe |
| Page Count: | 432 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Midlands, London, Greater London, North & North East England, 21st century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating WINNER OF THE THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2019'The book everyone is talking about' The Times 'A comedy for our times' Guardian __________________ The country is changing and, up and down the land, cracks are appearing - within families and between generations. In the Midlands Benjamin Trotter is trying to help his aged father navigate a Britain that seems to have forgotten he exists, whilst in London his friend Doug doesn't understand why his teenage daughter is eternally enraged. Meanwhile, newlyweds Sophie and Ian can find nothing to agree on except the fact that their marriage is on the rocks . . . A hilarious follow-up to The Rotters' Club and Closed Circle, Jonathan Coe captures the state of our nation once again! __________________ 'Coe's back with a bang. Middle England is the novel about Brexit we need' Daily Telegraph 'A pertinent, entertaining study of a nation in crisis' Financial Times, Books of the Year 'Very funny. Coe - a writer of uncommon decency - reminds us that the way out of this mess is through moderation, through compromise, through that age-old English ability to laugh at ourselves' ObserverWritten with his signature wit, Jonathan Coe's unmissable new novel, The Proof of My Innocence, is available to pre-order now! WINNER OF THE THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2019 |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-07-04 |
