Bibliograph

Middle England, Jonathan Coe

Type

Label

Middle England, Jonathan Coe

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Middle England

Oclc number

1076514785

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Coe

Summary

"Beginning nine years ago on the outskirts of Birmingham, where car factories have been replaced by chain retail, and London, where both frenzied riots and Olympic fever plague the streets, Middle England tracks a cast of characters through the transformation of their society. There are newlyweds Ian and Sophie, who disagree about England's future and, possibly, their relationship; Doug, the political commentator who writes impassioned columns about austerity from his Chelsea townhouse while his radical, teenage daughter undertakes a relentless quest for universal justice; Benjamin Trotter, who embarks on an apparently doomed new career in middle age, and his father Colin, whose last wish is to vote LEAVE in the Brexit referendum. Through all these lives we see this very tentatively united kingdom itself: a place of nostalgia and delusion, bewilderment and barely suppressed rage. "--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

general

Creator