Great news - Jonathan Coe will be joining us LIVE on Tuesday 1st July for an author chat - start thinking of what you'd like to put to him and pop all questions on the discussion thread when you have a mo....

And if you know any Coe fans, do tell them to come along, even if they aren't reading his latest book. I'm sure he'll be up for chatting about all his work..

lovely.

I have my copy and will be avidly reading...

Glad to be of service

I think it might well be considered grounds for divorce if I ever did lose my head and splash out. Oh, but they are beautiful.

I'm going to stop clicking on your links Flossie, it's not good for me .

PS there is a pocket of serious Coe fans on MN, isn't there? Sure I have seen many of them nail their colours to the mast in the adult fiction threads before.

I was given a copy of the hb for my birthday last year, which I've been saving up. Has not stopped me coveting this edition though... when I win the lottery etc. etc.

If you buy the Times newspaper in W H Smith today, you can get hold of the Jonathan Coe book for just £2.99. I have mine!

Three cheers for our alpha male - Jonathan Coe has beaten the other three into submission and is our June Book of the Month, hurrah!

the paperback was published this very day, you'll find it here as well as the usual outlets.

I'll get onto him about an author chat right now. And don't forget that discussion night is *Tuesday 1st July*, usual time, usual place.

btw, did you see that Rose Tremain won the Orange Prize last night? Sad for Charlotte, although I'm a big Rose fan too and its about time she got to win something.

Hmmm, that might be my fault - the tech guys probably set it to the end of the day rather than 8pm. We had a few problems getting it set up so that's probably why the times got confused.

I reckon we have our winner...Jonathan Coe inches ahead of the other three. But shall I wait for 8pm just to be certain?

Right, now I'm confused. The note at the top of this page says 'polls close 8pm' - the page itself says '12.00AM'.

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