Tom Payne

A post-Brexit entertainment: The Proof of My Innocence, by Jonathan Coe, reviewed

A satire on radical economic libertarianism combines with a cosy Cotswold murder mystery in an ingenious series of stories within stories

Jonathan Coe in 2022. [Maria Moratti/ Getty Images] 
issue 23 November 2024
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  • The Proof of My Innocence

    Jonathan Coe

    Viking, pp. 340, £20

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