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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
Other editions & translations
- Testament à L'anglaise (1997)
- Testament à l'anglaise (Folio) (2011)
- What a Carve Up! (2008)
- The Winshaw Legacy: or, What a Carve Up! (2016)
- What a Carve Up! (2017)
- Testament à L'anglaise (2015)
- Un Testament à L'anglaise (2012)
- What a Carve Up! (1994)
- ¡Menudo reparto! (2012)
- What a Carve Up! (The Winshaw Legacy, #1) (1997)
- ¡Menudo reparto! (1996)
- What a Carve Up!. Jonathan Coe (2008)
- Testament à L'anglaise (2012)
- Garzanti - Gli Elefanti: La Famiglia Winshaw (Universale Economica) (2010)
- Garzanti - Gli Elefanti: La Famiglia Winshaw (Universale Economica) (2014)
- What a Carve Up! (2013)
- The Winshaw legacy : or, what a carve up! (1997)
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