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Middle England : A Novel (Costa Novel Award)

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A comedy for our times" (The Guardian), Middle England is a piercing and provocative novel about a country in crisis. From the frenzy of the 2012 Olympics to the aftermath of the Brexit referendum, here Jonathan Coe chronicles the story of modern Britain by way of a cast of characters whose world is being upended. There are newlyweds who disagree about the country's future and, possibly, their relationship; a political commentator who writes impassioned columns about austerity from his lavish town house while his radical teenage daughter undertakes a relentless quest for universal justice; and Benjamin Trotter, who embarks on an apparently doomed new career in middle age, and his father, whose last wish is to vote to leave the European Union. A sequel to The Rotters' Club and The Closed Circle that stands entirely alone, Middle England is a darkly comic look at our strange new world.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780525566847
  • ISBN-10: 0525566848
  • Publisher: Vintage
  • Publish Date: July 2020
  • Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.79 pounds
  • Page Count: 448

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