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Middle England

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780241983683

  • Length: 432  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 26mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 300g

  • RRP: £8.99

Middle England

  • 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 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, Bournville, is available to pre-order now!

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780241983683

  • Length: 432  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 26mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 300g

  • RRP: £8.99

Reviews

  • Brilliantly funny . . . a compelling state of the nation novel, full of light and shade, which vividly charts modern Britain's tragicomic slide

    Economist

  • 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

  • A pertinent, entertaining study of a nation in crisis

    'Books of the Year', Financial Times

  • His affectionately witty attitude to our human foibles is always uplifting . . . Superb

    The Times

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • This is a picture of England that comes from a place of compassion and understanding

    inews

  • Coe is as funny and tender as ever, restoring some humanity to the tumultuous societal backdrop

    Grazia

  • Middle England combines top-class soap opera storytelling with melancholy insight into what it means to be English

    Metro

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About the Author

Jonathan Coe

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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