What a Carve Up! Audiobook (Unabridged)

" Bookclub reading. Review to come later. "

" I really liked this book. I like the way numerous ideas interlink. A deliciously vile family depicting the worse aspects of Britain. An intriguing plot involving the notorious family and a dark history. The story culminates to an exciting climax. Very much recommended. "

" great great great great great book!!! "

" I've never understood the love for this book. "

" This book passed the lamppost test. As in : it is so brilliant that when I reached my stop on the tube I had to carry on reading while walking. "

" I love me some Jonathan Coe, and this was the first book of his that i read. An excellent intro to an excellent author. "

" loved this book. highly recommend for all tastes "

" Incredibly clever, thrilling and fast-paced. Brilliant portrait of modern Britain, with characters that are all too familiar "

" I did enjoy this but lost interest a bit half way through and had to come back to it a month or so later. I really liked the way it unfolded though. As easy reads go, pretty good. "

" A book that manages to be both funny and horrible at the same time. It centers around one family where each member represents one part of English life in the 80s, such as media, arms trade, politics, and through their selfishness manages to make everything go down the drain. "

" Yikes. I had high hopes, especially after an early scene describing perfectly a movie poster from the 60s hanging in my bf's flat. But the novel became a farce, trying to hard, with a ridiculous farcical ending. I put it down to it being an early novel. "

" did not finish this one. was going good but some how got kinda wordy for me. politicly i guess. "

" Jonathan Coe at its best... "

" Funny enough. "

" A fun, rolicking read about Thatcherite Britain. "

" interesting specially to learn about the british history "

" Read it because my boss at the time said it was his favourite book. Bored to tears by it "

" Bloody brilliant. Engaging, complex, political, personal, touching, damn funny - I've never really read a book that I think everyone should read, but this is one. I'm going to seek out every other book by Coe. "

" The eighties in Britain, minus the Simple Minds (thank god) and a handful of football hooligans. Essential reading for anglophiles and all British culture vultures. "

" One of my fave books, this. It's big, it's meaty, it's very, very funny. And it's meant that I judge his other books very harshly if they don't measure up. (I'm talking to YOU, Closed Circle and Rotters' Club). "

" did not finish this one. was going good but some how got kinda wordy for me. politicly i guess. "

" Incredibly clever, thrilling and fast-paced. Brilliant portrait of modern Britain, with characters that are all too familiar "

" This one proved to be a treat. I laughed aloud and found myself exposed, so much of my insecurity was stitched into our broader tale of oligarchy and eroding standards imposed upon those who can't afford anything else. "

" Favourite coe book. Couldn't put it down. Love all the quirky characters.... "

" I stumbled across this in a used bookstore this fall, and it was a great find! It's a humorous, but scathing, critique of British society under Thatcher in the 1980s. Coe's writing reminded me of Evelyn Waugh, and I definitely plan on reading more of his books. "

" Delightful. I hated every character and found them compelling at the same time. Well told. "

" excellent and very english romp through revenge. quite spellbinding "

" Non bello come La banda dei brocchi, ma vale la pena di leggerlo... "