LEADER 02571nam 2200421 450 001 9910159023303321 005 20240214105430.0 010 $a0-451-49337-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000001018469 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6042360 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6042360 035 $a(OCoLC)1156087914 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001018469 100 $a20240214h20172015 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNumber 11 $eA Novel /$fJonathan Coe 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cAlfred A. Knopf,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (329 pages) 311 $a0-451-49336-2 330 $a"Jonathan Coe finally provides a sequel to The Winshaw Legacy, the 1995 novel that introduced American readers to one of Britain's most exciting new writers -- an acerbic, hilariously dark, and unflinching portrait of modern society. In Number 11, Coe has filled his intricate plot with a truly Dickensian cast of characters. The novel opens in the early aughts with two ten-year-old girls, Alison and Rachel, and their frightening encounter with the "Mad Bird Woman," a mysterious figure who lives down the road. As the narrative progresses through time, the novel broadens in scope toward other people who are somehow connected to the two girls. We follow the trials and tribulations of Alison's mother, a has-been singer, as she competes on TV's reality hit I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! Rachel's university mentor confronts her late husband's disastrously obsessive search for an untraceable German film he saw as a child. A young police constable investigates the seemingly accidental and unrelated deaths of two stand-up comedians. And when Rachel becomes a nanny for ludicrously wealthy family, she discovers a dark and terrifying secret lying beneath their immense mansion in London's most staggeringly expensive neighborhood. Combining psychological insight, social commentary, vicious satire, and even surrealist horror, this highly accomplished work holds a revealing and disquieting mirror up to the world we live in today"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aGirls$vFiction 615 0$aGirls 676 $a823.92 686 $aFIC019000$aFIC044000$aFIC045000$2bisacsh 700 $aCoe$b Jonathan$0532382 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910159023303321 996 $aNumber 11$92886790 997 $aUNINA