A brilliant, shrewd, satirical novel gimleteyed, funny, very clever and a searchingly profound look at the state of this strange country of ours William BoydMy comfort read anything by Jonathan Coe Bob Mortimer Postuniversity life doesnt suit Phyl. Time passes slowly living back home with her parents, working a zerohour contract serving Japanese food to holidaymakers at Heathrows Terminal 5. As for her budding plans of becoming a writer, those are going nowhere.That is, until family friend Chris comes to stay. Hes been on the path to uncover a sinister thinktank, founded at Cambridge University in the 1980s, thats been scheming to push the British government in a more extreme direction. One thats 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 razorsharp new novel from one of Britains most beloved novelists, showing how the key to understanding the present can often be found in the murkiest corners of the past.Coe shows...
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A brilliant, shrewd, satirical novel gimleteyed, funny, very clever and a searchingly profound look at the state of this strange country of ours William BoydMy comfort read anything by Jonathan Coe Bob Mortimer Postuniversity life doesnt suit Phyl. Time passes slowly living back home with her parents, working a zerohour contract serving Japanese food to holidaymakers at Heathrows Terminal 5. As for her budding plans of becoming a writer, those are going nowhere.That is, until family friend Chris comes to stay. Hes been on the path to uncover a sinister thinktank, founded at Cambridge University in the 1980s, thats been scheming to push the British government in a more extreme direction. One thats 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 razorsharp new novel from one of Britains most beloved novelists, showing how the key to understanding the present can often be found in the murkiest corners of the past.Coe shows...
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