{"title":"Jonathan Coe","description":"\u003cp\u003eFind your next read from \u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Coe\u003c\/strong\u003e. Expect funny stories. Bestsellers in our range include \u003cem\u003eThe Proof of My Innocence\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMr Wilder And Me\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBournville\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShop all our Jonathan Coe books below, delivered across South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"9780241454671","title":"Mr Wilder And Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young woman named Calista meets the famed Hollywood director Billy Wilder in the sweltering summer of 1976. She knows nothing about him or his work, but this chance encounter will change her life for good. 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When Rosamund, a reluctant bearer of family secrets, dies suddenly, a mystery is left for her niece Gill to unravel. Some photograph albums and tapes point towards a blind girl named Imogen whom no one has seen in twenty years. The search for Imogen and the truth of her inheritance becomes a shocking story of mothers and daughters and of how sadness, like a musical refrain, may haunt us down the years. 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As for her budding plans of becoming a writer, those are going nowhere. That 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. But speaking truth to power can be dangerous - and 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 Britain’s most beloved novelists, showing how the key to understanding the present can often be found in the murkiest corners of the past. --- '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","brand":"BOOKSITE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45358916993139,"sku":"9781405962414","price":248.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2291\/7991\/files\/aa150e333dfb6ba7c867a7808a20275066ae4ef4.jpg?v=1789472608"},{"product_id":"9780241517406","title":"Bournville","description":"A wickedly funny, clever, but also tender and lyrical novel about Britain and Britishness and what we have become' RACHEL JOYCE In Bournville, a placid suburb of Birmingham, sits a famous chocolate factory. 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