The Proof of My Innocence (eBook)

Jonathan Coe (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
368 Seiten
Europa Editions (Verlag)
9798889660927 (ISBN)

Infos

A blisteringly funny political critique wrapped up in a murder mystery, from one of Britains most beloved novelistsPost-university life doesnt suit Phyl. Time passes slowly living back home with her parents, working a zero-hour contract serving Japanese food to tourists at Heathrows Terminal 5. As for her budding plans of becoming a writer, those are going nowhere.That is, until family friend Chris comes to stay. Hes been on the path to uncover a sinister think-tank, founded at Cambridge University in the 1980s, thats been scheming to push the British government in a more extreme direction. One thats finally poised to put their plans into action. But speaking truth to power can be dangerousand 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 Britains most beloved novelists, showing how the key to understanding the present can often be found in the murkiest corners of the past.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.4.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Schlagworte: 1980s Cambridge • autofiction • Boris Johnson • Brexit • Britain • British fiction • British novelists • Cambridge Analytica • Cambridge University • conservatives • Conspiracy theories • contemporary Britain • dark academic novel • Donald Trump • England • Jonathan Coe new book • Literary Enigma • literary mystery • Liz Truss • Maga • murder mystery novel • political critique • Political satire • satirical fiction • social change • Subversive humor • The Crown • Tories
• ISBN-13: 9798889660927 / 9798889660927