Jonathan Coe was born in 1961 in Lickey, a suburb of southwest Birmingham. His first novel, THE ACCIDENTAL WOMAN, was published in 1987. His bestselling novels include WHAT A CARVE UP! and THE ROTTERS' CLUB (2001). He is the recipient of many prizes and awards, including both Costa Novel of the Year and Prix du Livre Européen. He won France’s Prix Médicis for THE HOUSE OF SLEEP and Italy’s Premio Flaiano and Premio Bauer-Ca’ Foscari.

Books by Jonathan Coe

The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim

by Jonathan Coe - Fiction

Maxwell Sim can’t seem to make a single meaningful connection. In an attempt to get out of his rut, Max accepts a strange offer to drive a Prius full of toothbrushes from London to the remote Shetland Islands. But he’s unable to resist making a series of impromptu visits to important figures from his past.