{"product_id":"9780141033273","title":"Jonathan Coe - The Closed Circle","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Jonathan Coe. Themes include Fiction, Literary, Psychological, Political, Family Life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Coe's previous novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Rotters' Club\u003c\/i\u003e, was a novel of innocence- a nostalgic, humorous evocation of adolescent life in 1970s Britain. \u003ci\u003eThe Closed Circle\u003c\/i\u003eis its mirror image- a novel of experience. On Millennium night, with Blair presiding over a superficially cool, sexed-up new version of the country, Benjamin Trotter finds himself watching the celebrations on his parents' Tv in the same Birmingham house in which he grew up. Watching, in fact, his younger brother, Paul, now a bright young New Labour Mp who has bought wholeheartedly into the Blairite dream. Neither of them can know that their lives are about to implode. Set against the backdrop of Britain's racial and social tensions and the country's increasingly compromised role in America's 'war against terrorism', \u003ci\u003eThe Closed Circle\u003c\/i\u003eshuttles between London and Birmingham, taking in fat cats, media advisers and political protestors. As its characters struggle to make sense of the perennial problems of love, vocation and family in a changing world, it offers a bitter-sweet conclusion to the unfinished business of \u003ci\u003eThe Rotters' Club\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58305953431926,"sku":null,"price":6.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780141033273.jpg?v=1784538485","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780141033273","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}