Jonathan Coe was born on 19 August 1961 in Lickey, a suburb of south-west Birmingham. His first surviving story, a detective thriller called The Castle of Mystery, was written at the age of eight. The first few pages of this story appear in his novel What a Carve Up!.
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Oxford
Presentation of Middle England 18th March 2020 19:00
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Berlin
Presentation of Middle England 13th March 2020 19:30 With Bernhard Robben
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Leipzig
Die naTo 12 March 2020 20:00 ‘Goodbye England’ – Buchmesse International Special with Nele Pollatschek