{"product_id":"the-proof-of-my-innocence-von-jonathan-coe","title":"The Proof of My Innocence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The premier satirist of great British crapness is on killer form in this gag-a-minute mystery' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A new Jonathan Coe is always a treat... Coe is a master at exploring the pains of modern life' \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e---\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePost-university life doesn't suit Phyl. Time passes slowly living back home with her parents, working a zero-hour contract serving Japanese food to holidaymakers at Heathrow's Terminal 5. As for her budding plans of becoming a writer, those are going nowhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat is, until family friend Chris comes to stay. He's been on the path to uncover a sinister think-tank, founded at Cambridge University in the 1980s, that's been scheming to push the British government in a more extreme direction. One that's finally poised to put their plans into action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut speaking truth to power can be dangerous - and power will stop at nothing to stay on top.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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 conference being held deep in the Cotswolds, where events take a sinister turn and a murder enquiry is soon in progress. But will the solution to the mystery lie in contemporary politics, or in a literary enigma that is almost forty years old?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarting between decades and genres, THE PROOF OF MY INNOCENCE is a wickedly funny and razor-sharp new novel from one of Britain's most beloved novelists, showing how the key to understanding the present can often be found in the murkiest corners of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Full of energy... a madcap caper, a sideways memoir, a tricky jeu d'esprit that is also a quiet defence of fiction in a post-truth age, and enormous fun to read' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Deeply pleasurable, and a lot of fun. You emerge from it glowing' \u003ci\u003eiPaper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fantastic, wickedly funny and gripping. Coe has written a beautifully crafted mystery that dovetails as a sharp, smart, state of the nation' Simon McCleave\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I was delighted... it's clever and political - while also being very funny' John Self\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780241678428\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9780241678428","offer_id":47579839267141,"sku":"9780241678428","price":19.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/fcae91fb-07ca-4211-84e2-805483a6c479.jpg?v=1780200037","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-proof-of-my-innocence-von-jonathan-coe","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}