The Rotters’ Club by Coe, Jonathan

Author: Coe, Jonathan

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 26 June 2014 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 416 pages
193 x 131 x 27 | 294g

The first in The Rotters’ Club series, bestselling author Jonathan Coe’s iconic tale of Benjamin Trotter is a hilarious, heartfelt celebration of the joys and agonies of growing up WINNER OF THE EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE Birmingham, England, c. 1973: industrial strikes, bad pop music, first love, corrosive class warfare, detention, IRA bombings.

Four friends: a class clown who stoops very low for a laugh; a confused artist enthralled by rock; an earnest radical with socialist leanings; and a quiet dreamer obsessed with poetry, God, and the prettiest girl in school.

Unforgettably funny and painfully honest, The Rotters’ Club is perfect for readers of Nick Hornby and William Boyd – or anyone who ever experience ado