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The hilarious 1980s political satire by Jonathan Coe, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.
It is the 1980s and the Winshaw family are getting richer and crueller by the year:
Newspaper-columnist Hilary gets thousands for telling it like it isn't; Henry's turning hospitals into car parks; Roddy's selling art in return for sex; down on the farm Dorothy's squeezing every last pound from her livestock; Thomas is making a killing on the stock exchange; and Mark is selling arms to dictators.
But once their hapless biographer Michael Owen starts investigating the family's trail of greed, corruption and immoral doings, the time growing ripe for the Winshaws to receive their comeuppance. . .
This wickedly funny take on life under the Thatcher government was the winner of the 1995 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
'A sustained feat of humour, suspense and polemic, full of twists and ironies' Hilary Mantel, Sunday Times
'A riveting social satire on the chattering and all-powerful upper classes' Time Out
'Big, hilarious, intricate, furious, moving' Guardian
Written with his signature wit, Jonathan Coe's unmissable new novel, The Proof of My Innocence is available now!
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Jonathan Coe was born a few miles from Bournville in 1961. The author of political satires such as Bournville, What a Carve Up! and Number 11, and family sagas such as The Rotters' Club and The Rain Before It Falls, his novels have won prizes at home and abroad, including Costa Novel of the Year and the Prix du Livre Européen (both for Middle England).
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The hilarious 1980s political satire by Jonathan Coe, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.
It is the 1980s and the Winshaw family are getting richer and crueller by the year:
Newspaper-columnist Hilary gets thousands for telling it like it isn't. Henry's turning hospitals into car parks, Roddy's selling art in return for sex; down on the farm Dorothy's squeezing every last pound from her livestock, Thomas is making a killing on the stock exchange, and Mark is selling arms to dictators.
But once their hapless biographer Michael Owen starts investigating the family's trail of greed, corruption and immoral doings, the time growing ripe for the Winshaws to receive their comeuppance. . .
This wickedly funny take on life under the Thatcher government was the winner of the 1995 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
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Condición: Muy bueno. : Sumérgete en la hilarante sátira política de Jonathan Coe, ambientada en los años 80, ahora publicada como un Penguin Essential. La familia Winshaw se enriquece y se vuelve más cruel con cada año que pasa. A medida que su biógrafo, Michael Owen, investiga la corrupción y los actos inmorales de la familia, se acerca el momento de que los Winshaw reciban su merecido. Esta novela ofrece una visión ingeniosa de la vida bajo el gobierno de Thatcher, llena de humor, suspense y polémica. EAN: 9780241978917 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: What a Carve Up! Autor: Jonathan Coe Editorial: Penguin Books Idioma: en Páginas: 512 Formato: tapa blanda. Nº de ref. del artículo: Happ-2025-05-19-f69be57c
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Paperback. Condición: New. The hilarious 1980s political satire by Jonathan Coe, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.It is the 1980s and the Winshaw family are getting richer and crueller by the year: Newspaper-columnist Hilary gets thousands for telling it like it isn't; Henry's turning hospitals into car parks; Roddy's selling art in return for sex; down on the farm Dorothy's squeezing every last pound from her livestock; Thomas is making a killing on the stock exchange; and Mark is selling arms to dictators.But once their hapless biographer Michael Owen starts investigating the family's trail of greed, corruption and immoral doings, the time growing ripe for the Winshaws to receive their comeuppance. . . This wickedly funny take on life under the Thatcher government was the winner of the 1995 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize'A sustained feat of humour, suspense and polemic, full of twists and ironies' Hilary Mantel, Sunday Times'A riveting social satire on the chattering and all-powerful upper classes' Time Out'Big, hilarious, intricate, furious, moving' GuardianWritten with his signature wit, Jonathan Coe's unmissable new novel, The Proof of My Innocence is available now! Nº de ref. del artículo: LU-9780241978917
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