Number 11 : or, Tales that witness madness / Jonathan Coe.
Publication details: United Kingdom : Viking, 2015.Description: 350 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780670923809
- 067092380X
- 9780670923793 (hardback)
- Number eleven
- Tales that witness madness
- 823.92 23
- PR6053.O26 N86 2015
Contents:
Summary: This is a novel about the hundreds of tiny connections between the public and private worlds and how they affect us all. It's about the legacy of war and the end of innocence. It's about how comedy and politics are battling it out and comedy might have won. It's about how 140 characters can make fools of us all. It's about living in a city where bankers need cinemas in their basements and others need food banks down the street. It is Jonathan Coe doing what he does best - showing us how we live now.
The black tower -- The comeback -- The crystal garden -- The Winshaw prize -- What a whopper!
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Short stories | COE | Available | 060042 |
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The black tower -- The comeback -- The crystal garden -- The Winshaw prize -- What a whopper!
This is a novel about the hundreds of tiny connections between the public and private worlds and how they affect us all. It's about the legacy of war and the end of innocence. It's about how comedy and politics are battling it out and comedy might have won. It's about how 140 characters can make fools of us all. It's about living in a city where bankers need cinemas in their basements and others need food banks down the street. It is Jonathan Coe doing what he does best - showing us how we live now.