Jonathan Coe Collection 3 Books Set - Middle England, The Closed Circle, The Rotters' Club - Paperback - British Literary Fiction Trilogy Gift Set

Titles in This Set Middle England The Closed Circle The Rotters' Club Details Condition: Brand New Format: Paperback ISBN: 9789123956685 Publisher: Penguin Overview The Jonathan Coe Collection brings together three interconnected novels charting Benjamin Trotter and his circle of friends across three defining eras of modern Britain: 1970s Birmingham, the disillusioned optimism of Blair's late-1990s, and the fractured, Brexit-shadowed present. Witty, tender and sharply political, this brand new paperback set suits anyone who loves state-of-the-nation fiction, coming-of-age storytelling, or dry British satire. Read in sequence or as standalones, together they form one of contemporary literature's most acclaimed portraits of a changing country. About the Books The trilogy opens with The Rotters' Club , set among teenage friends at a Birmingham grammar school in the 1970s, a decade of IRA bombs, prog rock, punk, first loves and industrial unrest, narrated with Coe's trademark blend of comedy and heartbreak. The Closed Circle catches up with the same friends as adults navigating careers, marriages and children under the shiny optimism of Blair's Britain, questioning whether their youthful ideals have been quietly betrayed by themselves or by those in power, including Benjamin's MP brother Paul. The trilogy closes with Middle England , following the characters into the Brexit years, as families fracture along generational and political lines: Benjamin tries to help his ageing father cope with a country that has forgotten him, his friend Doug struggles to understand his furious teenage daughter, and newlyweds Sophie and Ian discover their marriage has nothing left holding it together. Spanning five decades, the collection is by turns hilarious, moving and quietly devastating, offering an intimate history of Britain from punk to populism. Each novel stands alone, but together they reveal the full sweep of Coe's ambition: a panoramic, deeply human account of a nation constan