The Proof of My Innocence

Wonderfully accomplished and darkly funny. The Proof of My Innocence is a murder mystery, a satire on Britain’s ever right-ward drift, culminating in Liz Truss; and an inquiry into truth and perception. Jonathan Coe gets better and better – Luke HardingA brilliant, shrewd, satirical novel – gimlet-eyed, funny, very clever and a searchingly profound look at the state of this strange country of ours. – William BoydThe premier satirist of great British crapness is on killer form in this gag-a-minute mystery - who but Coe would think to structure a book around the abysmal transport police mantra “See It. Say It. Sorted”? * Observer *A funny, smart and innovative exploration of contemporary British political dynamics – Nussaibah YounisA wonderfully farcical and absurd book that puts into perspective the political chaos of post-Brexit Britain * Foyles *Coe is on engaging form… satiric and entertaining brio * Sunday Times *Full of energy… a madcap caper, a sideways memoir, a tricksy jeu d’esprit that is also a quiet defence of fiction in a post-truth age, and enormous fun to read * Guardian *Deeply pleasurable, and a lot of fun. You emerge from it glowing – iPaperA new Jonathan Coe is always a treat … Coe is a master at exploring the pains of modern life – Rosamund Urwin * The Times *Endlessly satisfying * Spectator *

Jonathan Coe was born in Birmingham in 1961. He is the award-winning, bestselling author of fifteen novels, including What a Carve Up!, The Rotters’ Club, Middle England and, most recently, The Proof of My Innocence. He has won the Costa Novel Award, the Prix du Livre Europeen, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the Prix Medicis tranger and the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, among many others. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into twenty-two languages. Jonathan Coe lives in London.

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