Bournville by Jonathan Coe review – a bittersweet slice of Britishness
Coe is a compassionate witness to key moments in the life of a family and a nation
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Coe is a compassionate witness to key moments in the life of a family and a nation
The arch-Europhile examines Britain’s postwar history through the eyes of a Birmingham clan in this warm and poignant novel featuring several familiar characters
LITERARY FICTION: The first novel from Cormac McCarthy since his desolate masterpiece The Road won the Pulitzer Prize 15 years ago is both a Big Event and an anticlimax.
Coe uses the Cadbury factory's model village to satirise social types since 1945. If only the jokes outnumbered the clichés
Freedom to write what you like and a chance to build an army of followers, some of whom will pay to read your posts. It worked for Salman Rushdie, so Tim Lott decided to give it a go