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A brilliant noir farce, a dystopian vision 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 knifeman cuts his way through the inhabitants of a decrepit stately pile as the thunder rages. Inexplicably, Michael is commissioned to write the family history of the Winshaws, an upper class Yorkshire clan whose members have a finger in every establishment pie. But as a murderous maniac stalks the family, Michael realizes that his favourite film is coming true.

This is a brilliant noir farce, a dystopian vision 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 knifeman cuts his way through the inhabitants of a decrepit stately pile as the thunder rages. Inexplicably, Michael is commissioned to write the family history of the Winshaws, an upper class Yorkshire clan whose members have a finger in every establishment pie. But as a murderous maniac stalks the family, Michael realizes that his favourite film is coming true.

In this novel Coe spans fifty years of politics and society in Britain creating memorable characters - however nobody would want to have a Winshaw as a friend - that stays with you long after you have finished his novel. Sociological component in "The Winshaw Legacy, or What a Carve Up!" is what every member of the family depicted in the book means. They are virtually linked to many aspects of England's culture, economy and politics. And they are always thinking only about themselves..

Джонатан Коу давно уже входит в число самых интересных авторов современной Британии. Он мастерски делает то, что мало кому удается, — с любовью высаживает идеи и чувства в почву удивительно плодородного сюжета. Майклу, очень одинокому и не очень удачливому писателю, предлагают написать хронику одного из самых респектабельных семейств Британии, члены которого сплошь столпы общества. Майкл соглашается, заинтригованный не столько внушительным вознаграждением, сколько самим семейством Уиншоу, которое запустило свои щупальца буквально во все сферы. Попутно Майкл пытается выяснить, что же заставило безумную Табиту Уиншоу обратиться к нему и…

It is the 1980s and the Winshaw family are getting richer and crueller by the year: Newspaper-columnist Hilary gets thousands for telling it like it isn't; Henry's turning hospitals into car parks; Roddy's selling art in return for sex; down on the farm Dorothy's squeezing every last pound from her livestock; Thomas is making a killing on the stock exchange; and Mark is selling arms to dictators. But once their hapless biographer Michael Owen starts investigating the family's trail of greed, corruption and immoral doings, the time grows ripe for the Winshaws to receive their comeuppance ...

Джонатан Коу давно уже входит в число самых интересных современных английских авторов. Он мастерски делает то, что мало кому удается, - идеи и чувства Коу с любовью высаживает в почву удивительно плодородного сюжета. Майклу, очень одинокому и не очень удачливому писателю, предлагают написать хронику одного из самых респектабельных семейств Британии, члены которого - сплошь столпы общества. Майкл, давно уже оказавшийся за бортом `успешной жизни`, соглашается. Заинтригован он не столько внушительным вознаграждением, сколько самим семейством Уиншоу, которое запустило свои щупальца буквально во все сферы от финансовых операций и…

The novel concerns the political and social environment in Britain during the 1980s, and covers the period up to the beginning of aerial bombardment against Iraq in the first Gulf War in January 1991. It is a critique of British politics under the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher (and, briefly, John Major) and of the ways in which national policy was seen to be dictated by the concerns of narrow, but powerful, interest groups with influence in banking, the media, agriculture, healthcare, the arms trade and the arts. Coe creates the fictitious Winshaw family to embody these different interests under one name and, ultimately, one…

Джонатан Коу не боится изображать эпоху, которую открыла железная леди Тэтчер, как самое страшное время в новейшей истории Британии. Откровенная карикатура в его книге соседствует с экзистенциальными штрихами, сентиментальный любовный роман — с высокой трагедией, роман ужасов сменяется фарсом, а историческое полотно оказывается детективной игрой, каждая деталь и каждая реплика обяззательно аукнутся в финале.

It is the 1980s and the Winshaw family are getting richer and crueller by the year: Newspaper-columnist Hilary gets thousands for telling it like it isn't. Henry's turning hospitals into car parks. Roddy's selling art in return for sex. Down on the farm Dorothy's squeezing every last pound from her livestock. Thomas is making a killing on the stock exchange; and Mark is selling arms to dictators. But once their hapless biographer Michael Owen starts investigating the family's trail of greed, corruption and immoral doings, the time growing ripe for the Winshaws to receive their comeuppance...

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 knifeman 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 realises that the Winshaws have cast a blight on his…