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“Jonathan Coe has always been an eminently readable novelist There is much to enjoy here, as in all Coe’s novels. He handles his large cast deftly. It is an intelligent criticism of our shared history since 1945.”
----Allan Massie, The Scotsman
“The arch-Europhile examines Britain’s postwar history through the eyes of a Birmingham clan in this warm and poignant novel featuring several familiar characters … able to challenge his anger and frustration at the direction his country has taken, as well as his abiding love for it, into prose of enduring beauty, into characters who come to glorious, redemptive life on the page.”
----Alex Preston, The Observe
“Fast-paced yet soothing romp through recent British history. This charming read is as warming, rich and comforting as a mug of hot chocolate. And just like a concoction of cocoa powder, milk and sugar, it contains invisible links to faraway lands, the green grass of home and the history of global trade that led this country to be what it is now.”
----Melissa Katsoulis, The Times
“The past is caught in small, astute details … There is plenty of chocolate-related material for the sweet-toothed, and any football fan will love the section on England’s World Cup victory at Wembley … an appealing story.”
----Martin Chilton, The Independent, “Books of the month”