The Rotter's Club

The Rotters Club by Jonathan Coe. Undoubtedly it was the music of Hatfield and the North that led me to the novels of Jonathan Coe but I love the fact that these things become circular and self-referential. Check out Jonathan's Unnessesary Music on Bandcamp which is a pleasant and necessary reminder that people are not defined by the one area of work. Back to the novel - this is just a funny rites of passage for Midlands teenagers who grew up on the cusp of progressive music moving to punk. Jonathan excels in this kind of poignant satire hence the most recent Brexit travails of Middle England.