Luckily, in my case, I have managed, by writing, to do the one thing that I always wanted to do. Jonathan Coe caseluckilymanage Change image and share on social
They were written in the early '90s when I was strapped for cash. Jonathan Coe 90scashearly Change image and share on social
The writer I feel the most affinity with - you said you felt my books are 19th century novels, I think they're 18th century novels - is Fielding, Henry Fielding, he's the guy who does it for me. Jonathan Coe 18th19thaffinity Change image and share on social
I think it's also the case that I'm not as widely travelled, or as well-educated in history, as most of the other novelists I meet: so I have to write about my own country, at the present time, because it's more or less all I know about! Jonathan Coe casecountryeducate share on social
As I said, I had no publisher for What a Carve Up! while I was writing it, so all we had to live off was my wife's money and little bits I was picking up for journalism. Jonathan Coe bitcarvejournalism Change image and share on social
