Number 11 - Couverture souple

Coe, Jonathan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0241976936 ISBN 13 : 9780241976937

Editeur : 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 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

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

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0241976936
• ISBN 13: 9780241976937
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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