Jonathan Coe

The Proof of my Innocence
In conversation with Sarah LeFanu

Starts at: Saturday 26 October 3:45 PM
Finishes at: Saturday 26 October 4:45 PM

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Phyl, a young graduate, is frustrated by the narrow horizons of English country life and her plans of becoming a writer are going nowhere.

Britain, meanwhile, finds itself under the leadership of a new Prime Minister…

Chris, a family friend, reveals to Phyl that he’s working on a political story that could put his life in danger. He pursues this story to a conference in the Cotswolds where events take a sinister turn. A murder enquiry is soon in progress! Will the solution lie in contemporary politics, or in a literary enigma that is almost 40 years old?

Darting between decades and genres, The Proof of My Innocence reimagines the cosy-crime caper, dark academia and the autobiographical novel with Coe’s trademark humour and warmth. This is a wickedly funny and razor-sharp novel, which explores how the key to understanding the present can often be found in the murkiest corners of the past.

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