Coe comes up trumps again as he explores Brexit’s heart of darkness

Fiction: Middle England, By Jonathan Coe , Viking, €16.45

Jonathan Coe’s searingly brilliant 12th novel sees him revisiting a cast of characters he first introduced in 2001’s The Rotters’ Club, while simultaneously narrating the chaos and disorder of 21st-century Britain. It veers from the terror of the 2010 riots, through the misty-eyed national pride of the 2012 Olympics, the horrific slaying of MP Jo Cox and the looming spectre of Brexit.

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