Middle England: Winner of the Costa Novel Award 2019
Nov 2018 · Penguin UK
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WINNER OF THE THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2019
'The book everyone is talking about' The Times
'A comedy for our times' Guardian
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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!
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'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' Observer
Written with his signature wit, Jonathan Coe's unmissable new novel, The Proof of My Innocence, is available to pre-order now!
'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' Observer
Written with his signature wit, Jonathan Coe's unmissable new novel, The Proof of My Innocence, is available to pre-order now!
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4.2
15 reviews
Donna Green
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January 21, 2020
This was such a boring read. Too many characters & characters that were unbelievable, shoe horned in to give comic relief (but it's not a funny book either). A ticklist of recent current affairs described but of course if you keep up with current affairs you know this stuff anyway. A whole chapter dedicated to describing the Olympic games opening ceremony. It didn't offer anything interesting or funny or insightful. Just dull.
Caroline Price
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August 9, 2020
Middle England is the third in Jonathan Coe's Rotters' Club series- The Rotters' Club, The Closed Circle and now Middle England. Having started during the 1970s, continued with the Millennium, Mr Coe now turns his attentions and those of his older, but not necessarily wiser, characters to BREXIT. As usual Jonathan Coe has produced an amusing novel but, I don't feel that this is one of his best. Don't get me wrong, as Jonathan Coe is a very talented author, what is 'not one of his best' (in my opinion) still makes it well worth reading!
Neil Bailey
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October 4, 2019
An excellent post-referendum state of the nation novel. Reader beware though, this is not a balanced summary of the last 10 years of English history, your appreciation will largly depend on where you stand on the whole Brexit debate, but, in my opinion it sums things up pretty accurately.
About the author
Jonathan Coe was born a few miles from Bournville in 1961. The author of political satires such as What a Carve Up! and Number 11, and family sagas such as The Rotters' Club and The Rain Before It Falls, his novels have won prizes at home and abroad, including Costa Novel of the Year and the Prix du Livre Européen (both for Middle England).
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