Who are Jonathan's publishers?

At the moment Jonathan is published in the UK by Viking Penguin, in America by Knopf, in France by Gallimard, in Italy by Feltrinelli, in Spain by Anagrama, in Holland by De Bezige Bij, in Germany by DVA, in Portugal by Asa, in Greece by Polis Publishers, and in Brazil by Editorial Record.

Will the TV adaptation of The Rotters' Club ever be repeated,or released on DVD?

As far as I know the BBC doesn't plan to do either of these things. The series is available on certain popular torrent sites, and there are some clips on YouTube. See the links on the Other Media page.

Will there ever be a television adaptation of What a Carve Up?

I don't know. The book has been continually under option by film and television companies for seventeen years - since before it was even published. From what I've seen, the latest adaptation - written by The League of Gentlemen's Jeremy Dyson - is absolutely superb. Sadly, though, I've just heard that Channel 4 have decided to pass on the project, and will not be commissioning it.

What is Say Hi To The Rivers And The Mountains?

Say Hi To The Rivers And The Mountains is a piece of ‘spoken musical theatre’ – a fifty-minute play for three actors, pop group and (where possible) string quartet. It was written in response to the music of The High Llamas, composed by Sean O’Hagan. See the Other Media page for more details.

What is 9th and 13th?

9th and 13th is the title of a short story written in the mid-1990s for The Time Out Book of New York Short Stories. It is also the title of a very small collection of my short stories published by Penguin in 2005 (which contains the original story), and also the title of a CD of readings and music I made with Louis Philippe and Danny Manners in 2002. See the Other Media page for more details.

Who are your favourite writers?

Henry Fielding, BS Johnson, Rosamond Lehmann, Flann O'Brien, Kazuo Ishiguro, Barbara Trapido, Bohumil Hrabal, Haruki Murakami, many others …

What are your 27 favourite films?

I can't tell you how many times I've been asked this question. Fortunately the answer is close at hand: go to the Odds and Ends section of this website and click on ‘Top 27 films’. That's the list I made in May 2009, at any rate.

Which is your favourite out of your own novels?

The one I'm about to write next.

How can I contact Jonathan?

Jonathan can be contacted through his agent: Tony Peake, Peake Associates, 14 Grafton Crescent, London NW1 8SL. Tel: +44 (0)20 7482 0609 Fax: +44 (0)870 141 0447.
Web: www.tonypeake.com, Email: tony@tonypeake.com.

jonathan coe portrait imageJonathan Coe was born on 19 August 1961 in Lickey, a suburb of south-west Birmingham. His father worked in the motor industry as a research physicist; his mother was a music and PE teacher.
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