The Proof of My Innocence by Jonathan Coe (hardback) pre order
The Proof of My Innocence by Jonathan Coe (hardback) pre order
Published November 7th but you can pre order now
This is absolute vintage Coe, sure not to disappoint any existing fans and certain to add some new ones. Darting between decades and genres, The Proof of My Innocence re-imagines the cosy-crime caper, dark academia and the auto-biographical novel with Coe’s trademark humour and warmth.
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The Proof of My Innocence
by Jonathan Coe (Author)
Format:Hardback 352 pages
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Viking
ISBN:9780241678411
Published:7 Nov 2024
Classifications:Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, Fiction: special features
Weight:564g
Dimensions:242 x 163 (mm)
Pub. Country:United Kingdom
Country of Origin:GB
Tariff Codes:49019900
For sale in: United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Germany, France, (See full list)
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Description
'A brilliant, shrewd, satirical novel – gimlet-eyed, funny, very clever and a searchingly profound look at the state of this strange country of ours' William Boyd'My comfort read: anything by Jonathan Coe' Bob Mortimer ---Post-university life doesn’t suit Phyl. Time passes slowly living back home with her parents, working a zero-hour contract serving Japanese food to holidaymakers at Heathrow’s Terminal 5. As for her budding plans of becoming a writer, those are going nowhere.
That is, until family friend Chris comes to stay. He’s been on the path to uncover a sinister think-tank, founded at Cambridge University in the 1980s, that’s been scheming to push the British government in a more extreme direction. One that’s finally poised to put their plans into action.
But speaking truth to power can be dangerous - and power will stop at nothing to stay on top. As Britain finds itself under the leadership of a new Prime Minister whose tenure will only last for seven weeks, Chris pursues his story to a conference being held deep in the Cotswolds, where events take a sinister turn and a murder enquiry is soon in progress. But will the solution to the mystery lie in contemporary politics, or in a literary enigma that is almost forty years old?
Darting between decades and genres, THE PROOF OF MY INNOCENCE is a wickedly funny and razor-sharp new novel from one of Britain’s most beloved novelists, showing how the key to understanding the present can often be found in the murkiest corners of the past.