Hannah McGill VS Expo 58 by Jonathan Coe
In The Scotsman, Hannah McGill carved up Jonathan Coe‘s latest attempt to regain his former glory:
“By standing several paces back to smirk at his characters’ silliness, Coe prevents us from seeing them as feeling people and caring about their fates. Nor is this really a spoof (for it says little about then), or a satire (for it says nothing about now). It’s a spy thriller for people who don’t much like spies or being thrilled – for whom Le Carré is a bit complex, Fleming too dark and ’Allo ’Allo a little on the sexy side.”
