From the bestselling author of Middle England and Mr Wilder and Me comes a
brilliant new state of the nation novel In the Birmingham suburb of
Bournville, a family celebrate VE Day in 1945. With the joy of such an
occasion there also come larger national questions about the nature of the
horrific war the country has just been through. Following this family through
generations as they navigate seventy-five years of drastic social change, from
wartime nostalgia and English exceptionalism to the World Cup and coronavirus,
domestic secrets and national myths leave characters and a country adrift,
bewildered and divided. Bournville is the story of who we are - at our worst,
and best. From bestselling author Jonathan Coe comes a novel of rare humour
and humanity, a novel that holds up a mirror to our past and our present.
From the bestselling author of Middle England and Mr Wilder and Me comes a
brilliant new state of the nation novel In the Birmingham suburb of
Bournville, a family celebrate VE Day in 1945. With the joy of such an
occasion there also come larger national questions about the nature of the
horrific war the country has just been through. Following this family through
generations as they navigate seventy-five years of drastic social change, from
wartime nostalgia and English exceptionalism to the World Cup and coronavirus,
domestic secrets and national myths leave characters and a country adrift,
bewildered and divided. Bournville is the story of who we are - at our worst,
and best. From bestselling author Jonathan Coe comes a novel of rare humour
and humanity, a novel that holds up a mirror to our past and our present.
