Expo 58 (Signed First Edition)

Jonathan Coe

ISBN 10: 054434376X / ISBN 13: 9780544343764

Published by Little A / New Harvest, New York, 2014

About this Item

First American edition. First printing. A pristine unread copy, signed by author on title page, and also dated by him in Sept. 2014, the month of U.S. publication in Brooklyn. Comes with mylar dust jacket cover. Opened only for author to sign (no inscriptions, just name and date).

Seller Inventory # pow0109-22

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Expo 58 (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Little A / New Harvest, New York
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 054434376X
• ISBN 13: 9780544343764
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

A comic spy caper and international love story, set in Europe in the middle of the last century, Expo 58 is the latest sublime creation by Jonathan Coe, hailed by Nick Hornby as “probably the best English novelist of his generation.”

Handsome, unassuming Thomas Foley is an employee at the Central Office of Information whose particular biography (Belgian mother, pub-owning father) makes him just the man to oversee the “authentic British pub” that will be erected at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair. It’s the first major expo after World War II, meant to signify unity, but there’s inevitable intrigue involving the U.S. and Soviet delegations. In the shadow of an immense, imposingly modern structure called the Atomium, the married Foley becomes both agent and pawn—when he’s not falling head over heels for Anneke, his Belgian hostess.

Funny, fast-paced, and genuinely moving, Expo 58 is both a perfect evocation of a moment in history and the welcome return of one of today’s finest novelists.

About the Author

Jonathan Coe is the author of The Winshaw Legacy and nine other novels. His many prizes include the Everyman Wodehouse Prize and the Samuel Johnson Prize.