What a Carve Up! (Paperback) – Jonathan Coe

In this brilliant political satire and state of the nation document, a young novelist, Michael Owen, is commissioned to write a history of the Winshaw family, receiving a generous stipend from Tabitha Winshaw to do so. The novel focuses by turns on the various figures in the Winshaw family: the lazy, hypocritical, tabloid newspaper columnist Hilary, the ruthless career politician Henry, the brutal chicken farmer Dorothy and arms dealer Mark. A great 90s postmodern novel and inspiration to Thom Yorke of Radiohead!