Number 11: A brutal family dynasty shows its staying power in this hilarious satire from the bestselling author of Middle England - Softcover

Coe, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241967015 ISBN 13: 9780241967010

Publisher: Penguin, 2016

Synopsis

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

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About this title

About the Author

Jonathan Coe was born a few miles from Bournville in 1961. The author of political satires such as Bournville, 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).

From the Back Cover

A novel about the hundreds of tiny connections between the public and private worlds and how they affect us. It is about: the legacy of war and the end of innocence; how comedy and politics are battling it out and comedy might have won; and living in a city where bankers need cinemas in their basements and others need food banks down the street.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241967015
• ISBN 13: 9780241967010
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368