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What a Carve Up! by COE, Jonathan is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is What a Carve Up! about?

A brilliant noir farce, a dystopian vision of Britain, a family history and the story of an obsession. Michael is a lonely, rather pathetic writer, obsessed by the film, 'What A Carve Up!' in which a mad kinfeman cuts his way through the inhabitants of a decrepit stately pile as the thunder rages. Inexplicably he is commissioned to write the family history of the Winshaws, an upper class Yorkshire clan whose members have a finger in every establishment pie, from arms dealing to art dealing, from politics to banking to the popular press and factory farming. During his researches Michael realizes that the Winshaws have cast a blight on his life, as they have on Britain. His confidence, his sexual and personal identity begin to reform. In a climax set in the Winshaw's family seat the novel turns into the film, 'What A Carve Up!' as a murderous maniac stalks the family and Michael discovers the significance of Shirley Eaton's lingere.

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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
COE, Jonathan
Publisher
London ; New York, N.Y.: Viking
Published
1997
Language
EN
ISBN
9780670853632
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
Rating
4.09 / 5 (55 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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