{"product_id":"9780241678428","title":"The Proof of My Innocence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brilliant, shrewd, satirical novel - gimlet-eyed, funny, very clever and a searchingly profound look at the state of this strange country of ours' William Boyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'My comfort read: anything by Jonathan Coe' Bob Mortimer  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePost-university life doesn't suit Phyl. Time passes slowly living back home with her parents, working a zero-hour contract serving Japanese food to holidaymakers at Heathrow's Terminal 5. As for her budding plans of becoming a writer, those are going nowhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat is, until family friend Chris comes to stay. He's been on the path to uncover a sinister think-tank, founded at Cambridge University in the 1980s, that's been scheming to push the British government in a more extreme direction. One that's finally poised to put their plans into action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut speaking truth to power can be dangerous - and power will stop at nothing to stay on top.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Britain finds itself under the leadership of a new Prime Minister whose tenure will only last for seven weeks, Chris pursues his story to a conference being held deep in the Cotswolds, where events take a sinister turn and a murder enquiry is soon in progress. But will the solution to the mystery lie in contemporary politics, or in a literary enigma that is almost forty years old?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarting between decades and genres, THE PROOF OF MY INNOCENCE is a wickedly funny and razor-sharp new novel from one of Britain's most beloved novelists, showing how the key to understanding the present can often be found in the murkiest corners of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Coe shows an understanding of this country that goes beyond what most cabinet ministers can muster . . . he is a master of satire but pokes fun subtly, without ever being cruel, biting or blatant . . . his light, funny writing makes you feel better' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A novelist who gains in range and reputation with every book' Pat Barker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Please, God ... if there's a next life, let me write as well as Jonathan Coe' Anthony Bourdain \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Probably the best English novelist of his generation' Nick Hornby\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54819282354552,"sku":"9780241678428","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9780241678428.jpg?v=1732202166","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9780241678428","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}