Jonathan Coe
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born
August 19, 1961
gender
male
place of birth
Birmingham, The United Kingdom
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Jonathan Coe, born 19 August 1961 in Birmingham, is a British novelist and writer. His work usually 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! reworks the plot of an old 1960s spoof horror film of the same name, in the light of the 'carve up' of the UK's resources which some felt was carried out by Margaret Thatcher's right wing Conservative governments of the 1980s. Coe studied at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Trinity College, Cambridge, before teaching at the University ...more
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The Rotters' Club by Jonathan Coe avg rating 3.87 — 459 ratings — published 2001 26 editions |
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The House of Sleep by Jonathan Coe avg rating 3.80 — 456 ratings — published 1997 20 editions |
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What a Carve Up! by Jonathan Coe avg rating 4.09 — 334 ratings — published 1994 23 editions |
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The Rain Before It Falls by Jonathan Coe avg rating 3.44 — 294 ratings — published 2007 15 editions |
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The Closed Circle by Jonathan Coe avg rating 3.59 — 228 ratings — published 2006 17 editions |
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The Dwarves of Death by Jonathan Coe avg rating 3.06 — 67 ratings — published 1990 6 editions |
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A Touch of Love by Jonathan Coe avg rating 3.14 — 50 ratings — published 1989 8 editions |
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The Accidental Woman by Jonathan Coe avg rating 3.04 — 51 ratings — published 1987 7 editions |
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Like A Fiery Elephant: The Story of B.S. Johnson by Jonathan Coe avg rating 4.30 — 23 ratings — published 2006 4 editions |
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9th and 13th (Pocket Penguin 70's #68) by Jonathan Coe avg rating 3.71 — 14 ratings — published 2005 |
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"I like the rain before it falls. of course there is no such thing, she said. That's why it's my favorite. Something can still make you happy, can't it, even if it isn't real."
— Jonathan Coe (The Rain Before It Falls)
— Jonathan Coe (The Rain Before It Falls)
"The upshot was that she lost her religion - with a vengeance - and walked out on him, taking these three daughters with her. Faith, Hope and Brenda."
— Jonathan Coe (What a Carve Up!)
— Jonathan Coe (What a Carve Up!)
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