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      Jonathan Coe
      Proof of My Innocence

      2024 | Nakladatelství The Book Service Ltd (Penguin)

      'A brilliant, shrewd, satirical novel - gimlet-eyed, funny, very clever and a searchingly profound look at the state of this strange country of ours' William Boyd'My comfort read: anything by Jonathan Coe' Bob Mortimer ---Post-university life doesn't suit Phyl. Time passes slowly living back home with her parents, wor…king a zero-hour contract serving Japanese food to holidaymakers at Heathrow's Terminal 5. As for her budding plans of becoming a writer, those are going nowhere.That is, until family friend Chris comes to stay. He's been on the path to uncover a sinister think-tank, founded at Cambridge University in the 1980s, that's been scheming to push the British government in a more extreme direction. One that's finally poised to put their plans into action.But speaking truth to power can be dangerous - and power will stop at nothing to stay on top.As Britain finds itself under the leadership of a new Prime Minister whose tenure will only last for seven weeks, Chris pursues his story to a conference being held deep in the Cotswolds, where events take a sinister turn and a murder enquiry is soon in progress. But will the solution to the mystery lie in contemporary politics, or in a literary enigma that is almost forty years old?Darting between decades and genres, THE PROOF OF MY INNOCENCE is a wickedly funny and razor-sharp new novel from one of Britain's most beloved novelists, showing how the key to understanding the present can often be found in the murkiest corners of the past.---'Coe shows an understanding of this country that goes beyond what most cabinet ministers can muster . . . he is a master of satire but pokes fun subtly, without ever being cruel, biting or blatant . . . his light, funny writing makes you feel better' Evening Standard'A novelist who gains in range and reputation with every book' Pat Barker'Please, God ... if there's a next life, let me write as well as Jonathan Coe' Anthony Bourdain 'Probably the best English novelist of his generation' Nick Hornby 'A brilliant, shrewd, satirical novel - gimlet-eyed, funny, very clever and a searchingly profound look at the state of this strange country of ours' William Boyd'My comfort read: anything by Jonathan… Coe' Bob Mortimer ---Post-university life doesn't suit Phyl. Time passes slowly living back home with her parents, working a zero-hour contract serving Japanese food to holidaymakers at Heathrow's Terminal 5. As for her budding plans of becoming a writer, those are going nowhere.That is, until family friend Chris comes to stay. He's been on the path to uncover a sinister think-tank, founded at Cambridge University in the 1980s, that's been scheming to push the British government in a more extreme direction. One that's finally poised to put their plans into action.But speaking truth to power can be dangerous - and power will stop at nothing to stay on top.As Britain finds itself under the leadership of a new Prime Minister whose tenure will only last for seven weeks, Chris pursues his story to a conference being held deep in the Cotswolds, where events take a sinister turn and a murder enquiry is soon in progress. But will the solution to the mystery lie in contemporary politics, or in a literary enigma that is almost forty years old?Darting between decades and genres, THE PROOF OF MY INNOCENCE is a wickedly funny and razor-sharp new novel from one of Britain's most beloved novelists, showing how the key to understanding the present can often be found in the murkiest corners of the past.---'Coe shows an understanding of this country that goes beyond what most cabinet ministers can muster . . . he is a master of satire but pokes fun subtly, without ever being cruel, biting or blatant . . . his light, funny writing makes you feel better' Evening Standard'A novelist who gains in range and reputation with every book' Pat Barker'Please, God ... if there's a next life, let me write as well as Jonathan Coe' Anthony Bourdain 'Probably the best English novelist of his generation' Nick Hornby

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      Stav: Nová
      Vazba: Brožovaná
      Počet stran: 338
      Jazyk:  anglicky
      ISBN10: 0241678420
      ISBN: 9780241678428
      Vydání: 1
      Vystaveno: 2. 5. 2025 10:10
      Číslo položky: 1224970

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      Jonathan Coe

      Jonathan Coe

      Jonathan Coe se narodil 19. srpna 1961 v anglickém Birminghamu. Vystudoval univerzitu v Cambridge. Je ženatý a v současnosti žije v Londýně. Pracoval jako asistent anglické poezie na univerzitě ve Warwicku, jako poloprofesionální hudebník, korektor, novinář a spisovatel na volné noze. Napsal několik románů, například What a Carve Up! či The House of Sleep . Jonathan Coe o svém psaní prohlásil: „Psát jsem začal jako chlapec, ale teprve nedávno jsem se začal ptát sám sebe proč. Nejhorší typ románu je podle mě ten, ve kterém chybí humor. Pohled na tolik spisovatelů , kteří i nadále píší formou, která se zjevně vyčerpala, mi připadá poněkud směšný. Jsem si vědom, že Británie má silnou tradici experimentální tvorby, starou několik staletí, a překvapuje mě, že ji bere v úvahu jen tak málo našich spisovatelů. Přesto mi připadá naprosto zbytečné dělit beletrii na experimentální a neexperimentální. Spisovatel Robert Nye přišel s mnohem příhodnější klasifikací: podle něj existují pouze dva literární styly – živý a polomrtvý. Nemusíte ani hádat, o který z nich usiluji.“

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