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Imprint: Penguin
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Published: 04/07/2019
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ISBN: 9780241983683
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Length: 432 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 26mm x 129mm
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Weight: 300g
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RRP: £8.99
Middle England
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Winner of the Costa Novel Award 2019
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 tries to help his aged father navigate a Britain that seems to have forgotten he exists, while 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 . . .
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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
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Imprint: Penguin
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Published: 04/07/2019
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ISBN: 9780241983683
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Length: 432 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 26mm x 129mm
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Weight: 300g
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RRP: £8.99
Reviews
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Brilliantly funny . . . a compelling state of the nation novel, full of light and shade, which vividly charts modern Britain's tragicomic slide
Economist
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Expansive and often 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
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A pertinent, entertaining study of a nation in crisis
'Books of the Year', Financial Times
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His affectionately witty attitude to our human foibles is always uplifting . . . Superb
The Times
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In Middle England, Coe shows an understanding of this country that goes beyond what most cabinet ministers can muster . . . he subtly builds a picture that exposes the cracks in society . . . he is a master of satire but pokes fun subtly, without ever being cruel, biting or blatant . . . his light, funny writing makes you feel better
Evening Standard
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Tackling his characters' opposing points of view, he draws a portrait of a recognisable Britain baffled by its loss of industry and jobs, and of everyday people shocked by a rise of acceptable racism and xenophobia. It's also very, very funny
Stylist
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Millions of words have been and will be written on Brexit but few will get to the heart of why it is happening as incisively as Middle England
John Boyne, Irish Times
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This is a picture of England that comes from a place of compassion and understanding
inews
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Coe is as funny and tender as ever, restoring some humanity to the tumultuous societal backdrop
Grazia
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Middle England combines top-class soap opera storytelling with melancholy insight into what it means to be English
Metro
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