Number 11: Jonathan Coe - Brossura

Coe, Jonathan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0241976936 ISBN 13: 9780241976937

Casa editrice: Penguin Books, 2016

Riassunto

This is a novel about the hundreds of tiny connections between the public and private worlds and how they affect us all.

It's about how comedy and politics are battling it out and comedy might have won.

It's about how 140 characters can make fools of us all.

It's about living in a city where bankers need cinemas in their basements and others need food banks down the street.

It is Jonathan Coe doing what he does best ­- showing us how we live now.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Jonathan Coe is the author of twelve novels, all published by Penguin, which include the highly acclaimed bestsellers What a Carve Up!, The House of Sleep,The Rotters' Club and Number 11. He is also the author of a biography of B.S Johnson, Like a Fiery Elephant, and The Broken Mirror, a children's book.

Dalla quarta di copertina

This is a novel about the hundreds of tiny connections between the public and private worlds and how they affect us all. It's about the legacy of war and the end of innocence. It's about how comedy and politics are battling it out and comedy might have won. It's about how 140 characters can make fools of us all. It's about living in a city where bankers need cinemas in their basements and others need food banks down the street. It is Jonathan Coe doing what he does best ­- showing us how we live now.

'Coe is among the handful of novelists who can tell us something about the temper of our times' Observer

Dal risvolto di copertina interno

It's about the legacy of war and the end of innocence.

It's about how comedy and politics are battling it out and comedy might have won.

It's about how 140 characters can make fools of us all.

It's about living in a city where bankers need cinemas in their basements and others need food banks down the street.

It is Jonathan Coe doing what he does best ­- showing us how we live now.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Penguin Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0241976936
• ISBN 13: 9780241976937
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 384
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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