The Proof of My Innocence

Jonathan Coe

ISBN 10: 0241678420 / ISBN 13: 9780241678428

Published by PENGUIN, 2024

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: The Proof of My Innocence es una mordaz sátira política envuelta en un misterio de asesinato, escrita por Jonathan Coe, uno de los novelistas británicos más queridos. La historia sigue a Phyl, una joven graduada en literatura que, tras regresar a casa de sus padres, se ve envuelta en una trama que conecta un siniestro laboratorio de ideas fundado en Cambridge en los años 80 con la política extrema del gobierno británico actual. La narrativa salta entre décadas y géneros, desde la novela de aprendizaje hasta el 'cosy crime', explorando cómo las claves para entender el presente suelen encontrarse en los rincones más oscuros del pasado. Con el humor característico de Coe, la obra ofrece una crítica afilada sobre el estado de la nación británica, entrelazando enigmas literarios de hace cuarenta años con las turbulencias políticas contemporáneas. EAN: 9780241678428 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: The Proof of My Innocence Autor: Jonathan Coe Editorial: Penguin Books Ltd Idioma: en Páginas: 352 Formato: tapa blanda.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Proof of My Innocence
• Publisher: PENGUIN
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241678420
• ISBN 13: 9780241678428
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Muy bueno

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Synopsis

When Phyl, a young literature graduate, moves back home with her parents, she soon finds herself frustrated by the narrow horizons of English country life. As for her plans of becoming a writer, those are going nowhere. But the chance discovery of a forgotten novelist from the 1980s stirs her into action, as does a visit from her uncle Chris - especially when he tells her that he’s working on a political story that might put his life in danger.

Chris has been following the careers of a group of students, all present at Cambridge University in the 1980s, now members of a think-tank which has been quietly pushing the British government towards extremism. And now, after years in the political wilderness, they might be in a position to put their ideas into action.

As Britain finds itself under the leadership of a new Prime Minister whose tenure will only last for seven weeks, Chris pursues his story to a mysterious conference taking place deep in the Cotswolds. When Phyl hears that one of the delegates has been murdered, she begins to wonder if real life is starting to merge with the novel she’s been trying to write. But does the explanation really lie in contemporary politics, or in a literary enigma that is almost forty years old?

Darting between decades and genres, THE PROOF OF MY INNOCENCE reimagines the coming-of-age story, the cosy crime caper and the state-of-the-nation novel with Coe’s trademark humour and warmth. From one of Britain’s finest living novelists, this is a witty, razor-sharp novel which explores how the key to understanding the present can often be found in the murkiest corners of the past.