The dazzling new novel from the bestselling author of Middle England
Jonathan Coe is the author of thirteen novels, all published by Penguin, which include the highly acclaimed bestsellers What a Carve Up!, The House of Sleep, The Rotters' Club, Number 11 and Middle England, which won the Costa Novel of the Year Award and the Prix du Livre Europeen. He is also the author of a biography of B.S Johnson, Like a Fiery Elephant, and The Broken Mirror, a children's book.
The life and light that flooded Middle England is
preserved and multiplied in Mr Wilder & Me. . . a
satisfyingly sweeping novel that still manages to push the
form in new directions. As good as anything he's written - a
novel to cherish * Observer *
An account of Billy Wilder's later years that sweeps beautifully
from Hollywood to Greece and London while all the time
reflecting on the horrors of 20th-century Europe * FT, Best Books
of 2020 *
Effortlessly pleasurable and deceptively simple. Mr
Wilder & Me doesn't lack resonance, yet stays light on its
feet. The whole book feels like some marvellous party where you
ricochet from one good conversation to another * The Times *
The dialogue's sharp, the comic timing excellent * Sunday
Times *
One of my favourite writers . . . a thoughtful tender read *
Good Housekeeping *
A beautiful, bittersweet novel that is itself crying out for
the silver screen treatment . . . sheer delight * Scotsman
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Absolutely wonderful * Nigella Lawson *
A tender portrait. Coe's close-up on Wilder doesn't just
celebrate the man but embodies his glorious ability to say sad
things in a funny way, and vice versa * Daily Telegraph *
Elegantly brings together Calista's and Wilder's worlds * TLS *
A love letter to the spirit of cinema * Guardian *
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