false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172587923m/193873.jpg 193873 23 A brilliant noir farce, a dystopian vision of Britain, a family history and the story of an obsession. Michael is a lonely, rather pathetic writer, obsessed by the film 'What a Carve Up!' in which a mad knifeman cuts his way through the inhabitants of a decrepid stately pile as the thunder rages. Inexplicably he is commissioned to write the family history of the Winshaws, an upper class Yorkshire clan whose members have a finger in every establishment pie, from arms dealing to art dealing, from politics to banking to the popular press,. During his research Michael realises that the Winshaws have cast a blight onto his life as they have on Britain. His confidence, his sexual and personal identity begin to reform In a climax set in the Winshaws' family seat the novel turns into the film 'What a Carve Up!' as a murderous maniac stalks the family... 1447550 book 1994 The Winshaw Legacy: or, What a Carve Up! total:476|5:188|4:173|3:84|2:25|1:6| 476 1940 707 48 5 0 false false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 09:11:26 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 09:34:15 -0800 2009
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I think it's distinctly English and might not appeal to non Brits but it shouldn't matter.

Hilarious, satirical, heartbreaking, twists you never saw coming, loose ends tied up that you didn't notice were loose.



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I don't feel that way about this book. Even though nick hornby says coe is the greatest modern writer and Karen said this was his be...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 27 06:09:43 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 03:27:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 16 10:38:31 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 07:42:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 15:09:12 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 12:16:06 -0700 2009 OK, we've had our meeting. So now I can say that I was very disappointed. I really wanted to like it but for me it just didn't hang together.
The characters reminded me of those from Tom Sharpe's novels - caricatures without any...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 28 17:03:56 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 12:35:15 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 17:03:56 -0700 2009 The main character Michael is sympathetically written...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 19 08:31:02 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 16 10:17:13 -0800 2008
On the plus side, I left the book with new knowledge. Each Winshaw has h...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 11 09:21:55 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 09:26:55 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 12 05:50:07 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 17:16:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 21 16:18:12 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 16:18:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jan 26 12:22:21 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 12:22:27 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Apr 11 12:56:19 -0700 2007 Mon Feb 11 14:05:39 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 11:39:13 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 22:01:46 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 11:52:21 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 13:18:34 -0700 2008 Coe's delightful satire was heading for a 4 star review until the last 80 pages. Up to that point he had written a thoroughly engrossing book,populated by an array of wonderful characters designed to elicit a multiplicity of feelings in the reader. Added to this are some very funny set-pieces(...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 03:56:13 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 02:18:55 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 17 23:00:31 -0800 2007 Sun Feb 10 13:28:35 -0800 2008 And Then There Were None, with a seemingly misplaced side story about an obsessive, socially stunted yet sort of normal guy who repeatedly, in one way or another, falls prey to the greedy members of the Winshaw family. Interesting (in parts) and funny (now an...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 21:02:17 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 05:25:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 09:13:14 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 11:20:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri May 25 07:29:39 -0700 2007 Fri May 25 07:43:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=193873