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Middle England by Jonathan Coe
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Aug 20, 2019 | ISBN 9780593148853 | 853 Minutes

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Praise

Winner of the Costa Novel Award

“The book everyone is talking about.” —The Times (London)

“Funny, compassionate and completely clearsighted. Sometimes you want to thank an author for writing a certain book, and this is one of those times.” —Nina Stibbe, The New York Times Book Review

“[A] wild jaunt. . . . An incisive and often scabrously funny satire and a compelling portrait of the way we live now.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Attuned to absurdity and suffused with compassion.” —USA Today

“Humorous and humane. . . . Middle England contains great charms.” —John Williams, The New York Times Book Review
 
“Brilliantly funny. . . . A compelling state-of-the-nation novel, full of light and shade, which vividly charts modern Britain’s tragicomic slide.”—The Economist
 
“[Coe’s] affectionately witty attitude to our human foibles is always uplifting.” —The Times (London)
 
“Timely and timeless. . . . This plaintive, clarion call is an acerbic, keenly observed satire peppered with the penetrating wit for which Coe is so justly admired.” —Booklist (starred review)
 
“A sweeping and very funny state-of-the-nation novel . . . Coe—a writer of uncommon decency—reminds us that the way out of this mess is through moderation, through compromise.” —The Observer 
 
“[A] witty and knowing satire.” —People
 
“Brilliant. Read it too fast, finished it too soon.” —Nigella Lawson
 
“Coe astutely blends political insight with assured storytelling.” —Library Journal
 
“Coe’s writing is as smoothly accomplished as ever. His comic set pieces—funerals, dinners, clown fights—are very funny.” —The Guardian

“A pertinent, entertaining study of a nation in crisis.” —Financial Times
 
“Sharply observed, bitingly witty yet emotionally generous. . . . With his usual acuity, Coe tells the story of a collective meltdown through its impact on individuals.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
 
“[Coe] far outranks many Booker winners in his talent for characterization and captivating narrative.” —The Literary Review
 
“Excellent. . . . A remarkable portrait of a country at an inflection point.” —Publishers Weekly
 

Awards

Costa Novel Award WINNER 2019

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