{"product_id":"9780241983683","title":"Middle England","description":"Author: Coe, Jonathan\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241983683\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 17 Sep 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 432 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003enovel to truly capture the comedy and tragedy of our times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning eight years ago on the outskirts of Birmingham, where car factories have been replaced by Poundland, and London, where frenzied riots give way to Olympic fever, \u003ci\u003eMiddle England \u003c\/i\u003efollows a brilliantly vivid cast of characters through a time of immense change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are newlyweds Ian and Sophie, who disagree about the future of the country and, possibly, the future of their relationship; Doug, the political commentator who writes impassioned columns about austerity from his Chelsea townhouse, and his radical teenage daughter who will stop at nothing in her quest for social justice; Benjamin Trotter, who embarks on an apparently doomed new career in middle age, and his father Colin, whose last wish is to vote in the European referendum. And within all these lives is the story of modern England: a story of nostalgia and delusion; of bewilderment and barely-suppressed rage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing in the footsteps of \u003ci\u003eThe Rotters' Club\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Closed Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, Jonathan Coe's new novel is \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e novel for our strange new times.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48181160607902,"sku":"UBD-9780241983683","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780241983683.jpg?v=1787399399","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780241983683","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}