hearingtrumpet 's review for:

What a Carve Up! by Jonathan Coe

5.0

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Jonathan Coe certainly does not lack the neccessary brio what his protagonist holds in such a high esteem. A novel, which started as an alloy of a historical panorama of the 80's and a family chronicle takes some dramatic turns just to end in a bloody suspense. Or a parody of a suspense, as the whole book is flavored with a considerable amount of sarcasm and irony. Some parts are very informative, I myself found the desriptions about animal breeding especially dreadful. Coe moves his characters with ease, keeps you absorbed till the very end, where as usual, all the missing pieces come together in a surprising collision of events.