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Jonathan Coe
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I’m pleased to say that the final copy-editing process has been completed on Expo 58, and the definitive text has been sent to the printers.
Meanwhile Penguin are on the point of unveiling Jonathan Gray’s fantastic cover design. Have a look here to see some of his sources of inspiration …
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The Rotters' Club
— published 2001 — 36 editions |
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The House of Sleep
— published 1997 — 31 editions |
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What a Carve Up!
— published 1994 — 32 editions |
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The Rain Before it Falls
— published 2007 — 29 editions |
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The Closed Circle
— published 2004 — 28 editions |
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The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim
— published 2010 — 30 editions |
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The Dwarves Of Death
— published 1990 — 14 editions |
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The Accidental Woman
— published 1987 — 9 editions |
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A Touch Of Love
— published 1989 — 11 editions |
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Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B.S. Johnson
— published 2004 — 6 editions |
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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
“Sometimes I feel that I am destined always to be offstage whenever the main action occurs. That God has made me the victim of some cosmic practical joke, by assigning me little more than a walk-on part in my own life. Or sometimes I feel that my role is simply to be a spectator to other people's stories, and always to wander away at the most important moment, drifiting into the kitchen to make a cup of tea just as the denouement unfolds.”
― Jonathan Coe, The Rotters' Club
― Jonathan Coe, The Rotters' Club
“The plain fact is that she never really liked me, and never wanted me. I had been a mistake; and that, to some extent, is what I remain in my own eyes, to this day. The knowledge never goes, can never be undone. You just have to find a way to live with it.”
― Jonathan Coe
― Jonathan Coe
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