A BLISTERINGLY FUNNY POLITICAL CRITIQUE WRAPPED UP IN A MURDER MYSTERY FROM ONE OF BRITAIN'S
MOST BELOVED NOVELISTS - AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW 'A brilliant shrewd satirical novel -
gimlet-eyed funny very clever and a searchingly profound look at the state of this strange
country of ours' William Boyd 'The premier satirist of great British crapness is on killer
form in this gag-a-minute mystery' Observer --- 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 tenure will only last for seven weeks Chris pursues his story to a
conference being held deep in the Cotswolds where events take a sinister turn and a murder
enquiry is soon in progress. But will the solution to the mystery lie in contemporary politics
or in a literary enigma that is almost forty years old? Darting between decades and genres
THE PROOF OF MY INNOCENCE is a wickedly funny and razor-sharp new novel from one of Britain's
most beloved novelists showing how the key to understanding the present can often be found in
the murkiest corners of the past. --- 'Probably the best English novelist of his
generation' Nick Hornby 'Coe shows an understanding of this country that goes beyond what
most cabinet ministers can muster . . . he is a master of satire but pokes fun subtly without
ever being cruel biting or blatant . . . his light funny writing makes you feel better'
Evening Standard 'British novelists love to diagnose the state of the nation. Few do it
better than Jonathan Coe who writes with warmth and subversive glee about social change and
the comforting mundanities it imperils' Spectator
