Mr Wilder and Me
  • Published: 5 November 2020
  • ISBN: 9780241989722
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256

Mr Wilder and Me

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5 Nov 2020
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2 Jul 2021
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The dazzling new novel about fame, time and nostalgia from the bestselling author of Middle England

A young woman named Calista meets the famed Hollywood director Billy Wilder in the sweltering summer of 1976. She knows nothing about him or his work, but this chance encounter will change her life for good. But while Calista is thrilled with her new adventure, Wilder himself - struggling to raise the money for his next feature film - is living with the realisation that his star may be on the wane.

In his new novel that is, by turns, funny, tender and profoundly truthful, Jonathan Coe turns his gaze to the nature of time, fame, family and nostalgia. When the world is catapulting towards change, do you hold on for dear life or decide it's time to let go?
  • Published: 5 November 2020
  • ISBN: 9780241989722
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256
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About the author

Jonathan Coe

Jonathan Coe was born in Birmingham in 1961. His novels include Rotters, The Accidental Woman, A Touch of Love, The Dwarves of Death and What a Carve Up!, which won the 1995 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Itranger.The House of Sleep won the Writers' Guild Best Fiction Award for 1997.

Jonathan Coe was born in Birmingham, UK, in 1961. He began writing at an early age. His first surviving story, a detective thriller called The Castle of Mystery, was written when he was eight. His first published novel was The Accidental Woman in 1987, but it was his fourth, What a Carve Up!, that established his reputation as one of England’s finest comic novelists, winning the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1985 and being translated into many languages. Seven bestselling novels and many other awards have followed, including the 2005 Samuel Johnson Prize for Like A Fiery Elephant, a biography of the experimental novelist, B. S. Johnson. Jonathan lives in London with his wife and two daughters.

Also by Jonathan Coe

The Proof of My Innocence
Bournville
Middle England
The Broken Mirror
Number 11
Loggerheads And Other Stories
Marginal Notes, Doubtful Statements
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Praise for Mr Wilder and Me

A coming of age story which offers a fascinating insight into fame - and the perils of an industry in flux

Daily Telegraph

A satisfyingly sweeping novel that still manages to push the form in new directions. As good as anything he's written - a novel to cherish

Observer

Effortlessly pleasurable and deceptively simple. Mr Wilder & Me doesn't lack resonance, yet stays light on its feet. The whole book feels like some marvellous party where you ricochet from one good conversation to another

The Times

One of my favourite writers . . . a thoughtful tender read

Good Housekeeping

An insightful and moving story about how memories can or cannot be passed down through the generations

Kazuo Ishiguro
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