Jonathan Coe

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August 19, 1961 in 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 of Warwick w...more

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Writing Britain (and my rock star moment)

A brief suggestion that anyone who is going to be in London between now and September should head over to the British Library in St Pancras to see their Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands exhibition. It has been described as a “book geeks’ dream” and contains an amazing variety of literary treasures. To name just a few: William Blake’s notebooks, the original manuscripts of Dr Jekyll an...

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Books by Jonathan Coe

Average rating: 3.72 · 9,613 ratings · 1,015 reviews · 20 distinct works

	The Rotters' Club 3.91 avg rating — 1,952 ratings — published 2001 — 33 editions	My rating:
	The House of Sleep 3.88 avg rating — 1,827 ratings — published 1997 — 23 editions	My rating:
	What a Carve Up! 4.06 avg rating — 1,673 ratings — published 1994 — 32 editions	My rating:
	The Rain Before it Falls 3.49 avg rating — 1,179 ratings — published 2007 — 26 editions	My rating:
	The Closed Circle 3.70 avg rating — 979 ratings — published 2004 — 28 editions	My rating:
	The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim 3.30 avg rating — 878 ratings — published 2010 — 26 editions	My rating:
	The Dwarves Of Death 3.00 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 1996 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Accidental Woman 2.95 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 1987 — 8 editions	My rating:
	A Touch Of Love 3.05 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 1999 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B.S. Johnson 4.23 avg rating — 93 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Jonathan Coe

“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

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“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

5 people liked it

“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!

3 people liked it

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