Jonathan Coe has written ten novels: The Accidental Woman, A Touch of Love, The Dwarves of Death, What a Carve Up!, The House of Sleep,The Rotters' Club, The Closed Circle, The Rain Before It Falls, The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim and Expo 58. His biography of the novelist B.S. Johnson, Like a Fiery Elephant, won the 2005 Samuel Johnson Prize for best non-fiction book of the year.
Wonderful storytelling -- Paul Merton A book to cherish, a book to reread, a book to buy for all your friends * Independent on Sunday * Very funny... a compulsive and gripping read. Coe has achieved that rare feat: a novel stuffed with characters you really care for * The Times *