Jonathan Coe

3 summariesFiction, Literary Fiction, Psychology

Jonathan Coe is an English novelist and writer. His work has an underlying preoccupation with political issues, although this serious engagement is often expressed comically in the form of satire. For example, What a Carve Up! (1994) reworks the plot of an old 1960s spoof horror film of the same name. It is set within the "carve up" of the UK's resources that was carried out by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative governments of the 1980s.

Books by Jonathan Coe

3 books available

La famiglia Winshaw
Jonathan Coe
4.1 (13k) average on GoodreadsFiction
Attraverso le vicende grottesche e brutali della famiglia Winshaw, questo romanzo dipinge un affresco socio-politico esilarante e agghiacciante dell'Inghilterra thatcheriana, rivelando sorprendenti analogie con la realtà contemporanea.
The House of Sleep
Jonathan Coe
4.0 (9k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
Decades after college, a narcoleptic, a film addict, a heartbroken romantic, and an increasingly unstable doctor meet at a gothic sleep clinic, where their past and present collide in a hallucinatory exploration of love, obsession, and reality.
The Rain Before it Falls
Jonathan Coe
3.7 (5k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
A dying woman's cassette tapes unravel a sixty-year saga of family secrets, betrayal, and the enduring, often tragic, legacy of motherhood across three generations of English women.