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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
What a carve up! What a carve up! Jonathan Coe A brilliant noir farce, a dystopian vision of Britain, a family history and the story of an obsession. Michael is a lonely, rather pathetic writer, obsessed by the film, 'What A Carve Up!' in which a… OL11346168W
Number 11 Number 11 Jonathan Coe "Jonathan Coe finally provides a sequel to The Winshaw Legacy, the 1995 novel that introduced American readers to one of Britain's most exciting new writers -- an acerbic, hilariously dark, and unfli… OL20045956W
Number 11, or, Tales that witness madness Number 11, or, Tales that witness madness Jonathan Coe 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 a… OL20937207W
Dwarves of Death Dwarves of Death Jonathan Coe "William has a lot on his mind. Firstly there's The Alaska Factory, the band he plays in. They're no good and they make his songs sound about as groovy as an unpressed record. In fact they're so bad … OL21075598W
Rain Before It Falls Rain Before It Falls Jonathan Coe Rosamond lies dying in her remote Shropshire home. But before she does so, she has one last task: to put on tape not just her own story but the story of the young blind girl Imogen, her cousin's gran… OL21075602W
Closed Circle Closed Circle Jeff Rawle,Jonathan Coe Set against the backdrop of the Millenium celebrations and Britain's increasingly compromised role in America's war against terrorism', The Closed Circle lifts the lid on an era in which politics and… OL21075603W
Mr Wilder and Me Mr Wilder and Me Jonathan Coe A young woman has her coming of age when she joins the crew of Billy Wilder’s last film. OL21686399W
Le cercle fermé Le cercle fermé Jonathan Coe La suite de "Bienvenue au club". Les héros sont devenus quadragénaires et tentent de faire leur chemin au coeur des années Blair, de 1999 à 2003. OL24278572W
Le miroir brisé Le miroir brisé Jonathan Coe Claire, une jeune fille solitaire et souvent livrée à elle-même, se glisse un jour dans une décharge laissée à l'abandon au fond de son jardin. Soudain, au milieu de toutes sortes de vieux objets hét… OL24421522W
Bienvenue au club Bienvenue au club Jamila Chauvin,Serge Chauvin,Jonathan Coe Analyse : Roman de société. OL24815491W
Désaccords imparfaits Désaccords imparfaits Jonathan Coe Le point de vue de l'éditeur Trois courtes nouvelles de Coe datant des années 1990 - les seules qu'il ait jamais écrites - sont publiées dans ce petit recueil, ainsi qu'un article sur Billy Wilder, J… OL24822096W
The Accidental Woman The Accidental Woman Jonathan Coe For Maria, nothing is certain. Her life is a chain of accidents. Friendship passes her by, and she's unimpressed by the devoted Ronny and his endless propsals of marriage. Maria lives in a world of h… OL2712942W
The Rotters' Club The Rotters' Club Jonathan Coe Jonathan Coe's widely acclaimed novel is set in the 1970s against a distant backdrop of strikes, terrorist attacks and growing racial tension. A group of young friends inherit the editorship of their… OL2712956W