Bournville

Bournville, a captivating novel by the renowned author Jonathan Coe, is a must-read for all literature enthusiasts. Published in 2023 by Penguin Books Ltd, this book is a testament to Coe's literary prowess and his ability to weave intricate narratives that captivate the reader from the first page to the last. The genre of the book, while difficult to pin down to one category, is a delightful blend of mystery, drama, and subtle humor, a combination that is characteristic of Coe's writing style. Bournville is not just a book; it is an experience that transports you to a different world, a world that is as intriguing as it is enchanting. So, if you're looking for a book that offers an immersive reading experience, Bournville by Jonathan Coe, published by Penguin Books Ltd, is the one for you.

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Middle England comes a profoundly moving, brutally funny and brilliantly true portrait of Britain told through four generations of one familyIn Bournville, a placid suburb of Birmingham, sits a famous chocolate factory. For eleven-year-old Mary and her family in 1945, it's the centre of the world. The reason their streets smell faintly of chocolate, the place where most of their friends and neighbours have worked for decades. Mary will go on to live through the Coronation and the World Cup final, royal weddings and royal funerals, Brexit and Covid-19. She'll have children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Parts of the chocolate factory will be transformed into a theme park, as modern life and the city crowd in on their peaceful enclave.As we travel through seventy-five years of social change, from James Bond to Princess Diana, and from wartime nostalgia to the World Wide Web, one pressing question starts to emerge: will these changing times bring Mary's family - and their country - closer together, or leave them more adrift and divided than ever before?Bournville is a rich and poignant new novel from the bestselling, Costa award-winning author of Middle England. It is the story of a woman, of a nation's love affair with chocolate, of Britain itself.'A wickedly funny, clever, but also tender and lyrical novel about Britain and Britishness and what we have become' Rachel Joyce'It is miraculous how, in his new novel, Coe has created a social history of postwar Britain as we are still living it. Bournville is a beautiful, and often very funny, tribute to an underexamined place and also a truly moving story of how a country discovered tolerance' Sathnam Sanghera, bestselling author of Empireland