{"product_id":"9780241678411","title":"The Proof of My Innocence - SIGNED COPY","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSIGNED COPY\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Jonathan Coe\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945) | Crime \u0026amp; mystery | Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e November 2024 by Penguin Books Ltd (Viking) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 352 pages \u003cbr\u003e242mm x 163mm | 564g\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A brilliant, shrewd, satirical novel – gimlet-eyed, funny, very clever and a searchingly profound look at the state of this strange country of ours' William Boyd'My comfort read: anything by Jonathan Coe' Bob Mortimer ---Post-university life doesn’t suit Phyl. Time passes slowly living back home with her parents, working a zero-hour contract serving Japanese food to holidaymakers at Heathrow’s Terminal 5. As for her budding plans of becoming a writer, those are going nowhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is, until family friend Chris comes to stay. He’s been on the path to uncover a sinister think-tank, founded at Cambridge University in the 1980s, that’s been scheming to push the British government in a more extreme direction. One that’s finally poised to put their plans into action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut speaking truth to power can be dangerous - and power will stop at nothing to stay on top.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs 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 Britain’s most beloved novelists, showing how the key to understanding the present can often be found in the murkiest corners of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e---'Coe shows an understanding of this country that goes beyond what most cabinet ministers can muster . . . he is a master of satire but pokes fun subtly, without ever being cruel, biting or blatant . . . his light, funny writing makes you feel better' Evening Standard'A novelist who gains in range and reputation with every book' Pat Barker'Please, God … if there’s a next life, let me write as well as Jonathan Coe' Anthony Bourdain 'Probably the best English novelist of his generation' Nick Hornby\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53487548072311,"sku":"9780241678411","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780241678411.jpg?v=1729519217","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9780241678411","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}