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If Charles Dickens and Agatha Christie had ever managed to collaborate, they might have produced this shamelessly entertaining novel, which introduces readers to what may be the most powerful family in England--and is certainly the vilest. A tour de force of menace, malicious comedy, and torrential Continue
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Philip Downer said on Jun 30, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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Viollka said on May 28, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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I usually wait till the end to rate a book. Except I'm really enjoying this one. At the beginning it was a little hard to follow: so much shifting from one character to the other, from one decade to another; but it all ties in.
And now I can't wait to finish the grand finale in the mystery mansi ... (continue)
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- English Books
- Others 512 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0679754059
- ISBN-13: 9780679754053
- Publisher: Vintage
- Pub date: Jan 03, 1996
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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| 9780679754053 | Others | $15.95 | $13.63 | bn.com |
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What a Carve Up! was my first Jonathan Coe, and it was his breakthrough book. A curious, mad story, based on a dreadful sub-Carry On film, Coe uses the movie plot as a springboard for a satire on the State Of England from World War II to Gulf War I.
Coe is an immensely likeable author and (which a ... (continue)
What a Carve Up! was my first Jonathan Coe, and it was his breakthrough book. A curious, mad story, based on a dreadful sub-Carry On film, Coe uses the movie plot as a springboard for a satire on the State Of England from World War II to Gulf War I.
Coe is an immensely likeable author and (which always works for me) a Powell/Pressburger buff. Each novel creates a new, oblique viewpoint on the world of by-passes, confused marriages and post-industrial uncertainty. Judging from my choice of bookmark, I first read What a Carve Up! on a flight from Columbus OH to Chicago Midway.
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