Number 11 by Jonathan Coe
Or, Tales that Witness Madness
A series of interlinked tales follows two friends from childhood in the Midlands to adulthood in London, where their paths cross with reality‑TV humiliations, tabloid vindictiveness, academic studies of comedy, and a nannying job for a super‑rich family whose ever‑deepening basement becomes a literal descent into the grotesque. As mysteries and coincidences ripple through their lives, the narrative skewers post‑crash, austerity‑era Britain—its spiraling inequality, media cruelty, internet paranoia, and political cynicism—shifting from sharp social satire to a dark, near‑gothic finale that reveals what festers beneath the surface of contemporary life.
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- 2015
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- 340-360
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- English
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