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Jonathan Coe

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Dec 30, 2015 Tony rated it really liked it

Shelves: setting-europe, novels

Coe has written several books I entirely love (The Winshaw Legacy and The Rotter's Club), so I picked up his latest the moment I saw it. What I didn't realize until I read the afterward is that the protagonist is a character briefly mentioned in one of his novels I haven't read (The Rain Before It Falls). I enjoyed this one on its own merits, but it's possible those who've read that other book would get even another layer from this.

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