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Phyl è una giovane laureata in lettere, tornata a vivere dai genitori, frustrata dagli orizzonti ristretti della vita di provincia inglese e da un orrido lavoro in un ristorante giapponese all'aeroporto di Heathrow. Oltretutto i suoi progetti di diventare una scrittrice non stanno andando da nessuna parte. Almeno fino a quando non si presenta a casa un amico di vecchia data della madre, Christopher Swann con la figlia adottiva Rashida, della quale Phyl diventerà grande amica. Chris racconta che sta indagando su un oscuro think tank, il Processus Group, fondato a Cambridge negli anni ottanta e costituito da un gruppo di fanatici che vuole spingere il governo sempre più a destra. L'immaginazione di Phyl si accende e la ragazza inizia a scrivere quello che sembra un tipico giallo anglosassone. Intanto, mentre la Gran Bretagna si ritrova sotto la guida di Liz Truss, che durerà solo sette settimane, Chris porta avanti la sua inchiesta e si reca nel cuore del Paese, nelle Cotswolds, dove si tiene un convegno utile alla sua ricerca. Quando Phyl viene a sapere di una morte misteriosa, di colpo vede la vita reale confondersi con il romanzo che sta tentando di scrivere. Ma la soluzione si trova veramente nella politica contemporanea o in un vecchio enigma letterario? Con un linguaggio complice e arguto, mescolando vicende private alla storia recente dell'Inghilterra, Jonathan Coe ci regala un romanzo complesso, ironico, coinvolgente ed estremamente attuale.
- ISBN: 8807036274
- Casa Editrice: Feltrinelli
- Pagine: 416
- Data di uscita: 05-11-2024
Recensioni
I really liked this for the most part. There were a few chapters that would have been better left on the cutting room floor, some of the characters were less well-drawn than they could have been, and the ending was a little frustrating. But the writing was great, and the mystery remained fun up to t Leggi tutto
See it. Say it. Sorted. Phyl returns to her parents home from university with little idea of next steps beyond that she’d like to write. She’s interested in the Dark Acadia genre but her mother’s old friend, Christopher Swann, interests her in the cosy mystery world and also that of auto-fiction. Ch Leggi tutto
This is a book – from an author new to me – that surprised and delighted me. It’s a cleverly constructed, satirical novel focused on far right politics at the time of the disastrous (and very brief) reign of Liz Truss as British prime minister Phyl has returned home after graduating from university. Leggi tutto
"See It! Say It! Sorted! When everyone sees the world differently, how do you find the truth? See It. How do you tell the truth? Say It. How do you agree on the truth and what isn't? Sorted " Once again Jonathan Coe shines the spotlight on the English political system and Englishness in this razor sh Leggi tutto
Ποτέ δεν κατάλαβα τη μαζική εμμονή τόσα χρόνια με τα Φιλαράκια. Κι αυτό που δεν περίμενα ήταν ότι την πιο πειστική απάντηση για το φαινόμενο θα την έβρισκα σε ένα βιβλίο του Τζόναθαν Κόου. Αυτή, όμως, δεν είναι η μοναδική έκπληξη που ο Άγγλος συγγραφέας, σε μεγάλα και δαιμονικά κέφια, επιφυλάσσει στ Leggi tutto
Just exactly what I would want to read at any time of my life
What a very odd book! I have never been a fan but actually loved this book as it started off. I was quickly drawn in and was keen to get back to it each time. Then there was a sort of diversion as we had a book within a book. Later it feels like we have another book within that book but it really is Leggi tutto
Jonathan Coe is one of my favourite contemporary novelists, and this doesn't disappoint. It opens with 22-year-old Phyl, recently graduated in English and now enduring a drudge job at a sushi restaurant at Heathrow Airport. An old university friend of her mother, Christopher Swann, a left-wing blogge Leggi tutto
I’m increasingly impressed by Jonathan Coe and have enjoyed everything I’ve read by him. I really must hoover up those books I’ve yet to read by him. He's on top form here and there’s plenty to ponder on completion of The Proof of My Innocence . The punning title also refers to proof as in the text of Leggi tutto
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