British author Jonathan Coe on his new novel 'The Proof of My Innocence'

 This week on the train I was fortunate enough to listen to BBC Radio Four's guest the British author Jonathan Coe on his new novel; which is for him a new departure, a 'murder-mystery'. It begins as 'cosy crime', a genre he takes back to stories like Sherlock Holmes, and Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, and continues in another vein. Enjoy! This is a major writer of our times.

I would also recommend another of his novels, as often about the state of modern Britain, and the wrecking ball of the 1980s: What a Carve Up!:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Carve-Penguin-Street-Art/dp/0241967791/262-0587792-0967565?pd_rd_w=Yp6uF&content-id=amzn1.sym.0cb4baf2-91d4-4455-bf97-23e050f7eae5&pf_rd_p=0cb4baf2-91d4-4455-bf97-23e050f7eae5&pf_rd_r=ATQM8CYR3BX1F3MZRV83&pd_rd_wg=ImvJx&pd_rd_r=d8379943-6ba6-4736-89d3-8a5397b6177a&pd_rd_i=0241967791&psc=1

Here is the link to this week's programme:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UumWLuHnCrW4BMW3Kd0BMTLit_DbgUDJ/view?usp=sharing