12/09/2011
Clare English talks to author Jonathan Coe about his career so far and the books that influenced him as a writer.
Jonathan Coe's breakthrough novel was his fourth, 1994's 'What a Carve Up!', a stylistically breathtaking, bitingly funny exploration of greed, corruption and class entitlement in 1980s Britain. His success grew from there due to his deft balance of technically clever and hugely enjoyable, exuberant, writing, In his most recent book, 'The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim', he turns his attention to our relationship with communication technology and the way it paradoxically isolates and dominates us, a perfect subject for this chronicler of the absurdity of modern life. In this special edition of The Book Cafe Jonathan looks back at his career so far and talks about the books that have influenced him as a writer.
Producer: Serena Field.
Jonathan Coe's latest book, 'The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim' is out now.
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- Mon 12 Sep 2011 13:15主播大秀 Radio Scotland except 主播大秀 Radio Orkney & 主播大秀 Radio Shetland
- Sun 18 Sep 2011 15:02主播大秀 Radio Scotland except Extra