""It's me: Robert.""
last sentence of "The house of sleep" by #JonathanCoe on #isbnmaschine
https://www.isbn-maschine.de/978-0-14-025083-2-last-sentence.php

“Stout figure in his ill-fitting, slightly too-tight suit, with the usual alert, wary, ironic glint in his eye and the over-cheeeful greeting which seemed to be something between an expression of undying friendship and a declaration of war”. Outstanding description of Boris Johnson by Jonathan Coe in his last book, #Bournville

#booktoot #jonathancoe

Read #Bournville by #JonathanCoe. Redeemed a bit by a strong finish, when the writing and subject matter clearly gets personal, but a really disappointing clunky book. Too reliant on lazy nostalgia; I expected spangles and Choppers to appear at one stage. Some odd writing. Rather than develop characters naturally he just bungs in their internal monologue on one occasion. #bookstodon #BookToot #keefsreads2023

Still plugging away at the new #JonathanCoe. Is it just me that thinks it's bad? #bookstodon

Still plugging away at the new #JonathanCoe. Is it just me that thinks it's bad? It was very well reviewed in the FT. #bookstodon

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #StuartMaconiesFreakZone

Jonathan Coe & Artchipel Orchestra:
🎵 Suspended Moment

#JonathanCoe #ArtchipelOrchestra

https://open.spotify.com/track/5Hd3CFe74ls3qFIsziuyma

Just started reading #Bournville from #jonathanCoe and really enjoying it so far ☺️
#bookstodon #mastobook #reading

Stephen King and Margaret Atwood console debut novelist on 'sad book signing'

https://www.dw.com/en/stephen-king-and-margaret-atwood-console-debut-novelist-on-sad-book-signing/a-64028011?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#StephenKing #MargaretAtwood #NeilGaiman #JonathanCoe

Wenn keiner kommt – alle Autor*innen kennen es https://leanderwattig.com/wasmitbuechern/wmb-blog/2022/wenn-keiner-kommt-alle-autorinnen-kennen-es/ #ChelseaBanning #MargaretAtwood #WasmitBüchern #CherylStrayed #NeilPasricha #SophieBleich #JodiPicoult #JonathanCoe #MarkHarris #NeilGaiman #Upworthy

Magnifique roman de #jonathancoe ! On y retrouve avec plaisir les personnages croisés dans ses romans précédents et sa critique à la fois acerbe et pleine d’humour britannique de la société et de la politique anglaises … les chapitres consacrés à l’Europe, au chocolat et à Boris Johnson sont savoureux. S’y ajoute une pointe de nostalgie et de tristesse sur ce que devient le Royaume Uni. J’ai adoré 🥰 et je le range parmi mes romans préférés de Coe ! #royaumedesuni

Have added #Bournville by #JonathanCoe to the list. #BookToot #mastobook

Currently reading: Bourneville. A new #JonathanCoe novel. Always a treat. Signed, an’all! 80 pages in, really enjoying it. #Bourneville #goodreads #brumbooks #chroniclesofmyera

Currently reading: Bourneville. A new #JonathanCoe novel. Always a treat. Signed, an’all! 80 pages in, really enjoying it. #Bourneville #goodreads #brumbooks #chroniclesofmyera

This, with its curling cover, is the last copy I own of my #debutnovel #TheContinuityGirl (#Unbound, 2018). The handful of people who read it said nice things — I was very pleased with the cover quote because I knew #JonathanCoe isn’t only a fine novelist, but is perhaps the most vocal fan of the #BillyWilder masterpiece #ThePrivateLifeOfSherlockHolmes , the shoot for which forms the novel’s backdrop.

"She was lying quite still, but her limbs were stiff and tightened, and her eyes were open, as wide open."
middle sentence of "The house of sleep" by #JonathanCoe on #isbnmaschine
https://www.isbn-maschine.de/978-0-14-025083-2-middle-sentence.php

Okay here’s my Mastodon #introduction. I’m a novelist whose debut #TheContinuityGirl was published by #Unbound in 2018 and is still massively available secondhand and in German translation (#dasscriptgirl, Heyne). It’s a comic novel set largely during the making of #BillyWilder ‘s Sherlock Holmes film, and there’s a nice cover quote from the mighty #JonathanCoe. Now looking for agent to represent latest novel, a pre-#GunpowderPlot tale of intrigue.

Playing around trying to get a good shot of Jonathan Coe’s brilliant new novel!
#books #jonathancoe #bournville