''My comfort read: anything by Jonathan Coe'' Bob Mortimer
''Coe channels his anger and frustration at the direction his country has taken, as well as his abiding love for it, into prose of enduring beauty'' Guardian
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Post-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.
That 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.
But speaking truth to power can be dangerous - and power will stop at nothing to stay on top.
As Britain finds itself under the leadership of a new Prime Minister whose
