British pub at Expo 58: Political intrigue ensues.
Expo 58 is the perfect book for fans of historical fiction and spy novels. Coe effortlessly weaves together a tale of political intrigue and personal awakening at the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels. With a mix of humor, mystery, and romance, Expo 58 will have readers turning pages until the very end.
ISBN: 9780670923724
Authors:
Jonathan Coe
Publisher: Viking
Date of Publication: 2013-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.53
(rated by 4324 readers)
Description
London, 1958: unassuming civil servant Thomas Foley is plucked from his desk and sent on a six-month trip to Brussels. His task: to keep an eye on The Brittania, a brand new pub which will form the heart of the British presence at the World's Fair, Expo 58.As soon as he arrives at the site, Thomas feels that he has escaped a repressed, backward-looking country and fallen headlong into an era of modernity and optimism. He is equally bewitched by the surreal, gigantic Atomium, which stands at the heart of this brave new world, and by Anneke, the lovely Flemish hostess who meets him off his plane. But Thomas's new-found sense of freedom proves illusory, as he finds himself being followed everywhere by two mysterious emissaries of the British Secret Service. Expo 58 may represent a glittering future, both for Europe and for Thomas himself, but he will soon be forced to decide where his public and private loyaties really lie.Jonathan Coe's new novel stirs elements of Ealing comedy, Hitchcockian thriller and political farce into an incisive, affecting portrait of Britain as it stands at a postwar crossroads, faced with crucial choices between America and Europe, the future and the past.
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