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Middle England

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Originally published November 8, 2018
Authors Jonathan Coe
Publishers Viking Press
Country United Kingdom
GenresNovel
Literary Fiction
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About Middle England


Middle England is a 2018 novel by Jonathan Coe. It is the third novel in a trilogy, following The Rotters' Club and The Closed Circle. The novel explores the experiences of characters from those earlier novels against the backdrop of the major events taking place before, during and after the Brexit referendum.

Jonathan Coe is a British EU-exit-topics-novel Costa Book Award winner

Feb 16,2020 7:40 am

Jonathan Coe 's book the middle of England, which was a humorous look at life in Britain before and after the Brexit referendum, as The Best novel by 2019 at the Costa Book Awards.

The book was described by The Prize judges as "the perfect novel for now".

Award-organizers, said Coe's 13th novel tells the story of "the country is changing, and the cracks that appear within families and between generations".

He is one of the five prize-winners in different genre categories.

you will each receive £5,000 and go forward, in the event of a dispute, on behalf of the whole of the Costa book of the year on 28. January.

Central England extends from 2010 to 2018, follows a number of characters, including a few that are part of the marriage counseling after the vote in different ways in the 2016 referendum.

In The Other categories, Sara Collins, best first novel, won for her gothic romance, The Confessions of Frannie Langton, about the twisted story of love between a Jamaican cleaning lady and her French mistress in 19Th Century London .

from left to right: Jack Fairweather, Jasbinder Bilan, Jonathan Coe , Sara Collins, Mary Jean Chan,

Welsh author and former war correspondent Jack Fairweather's biography of unsung war hero Witold Pilecki , who infiltrated Auschwitz, won the biography award; while Jasbinder Bilan' s first children's novel, Asha & The Spirit , the bird was also among The Winners .

the Costa Book Awards 2019 winners

in the Past year, the novel award, the Irish writer Sally Rooney won for the second time, the trouble, Normal people, and the whole book of the year award from Bart van for his biography, The Cut -out girl.

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