The Rain Before it Falls by Jonathan Coe

In a change from his recent takes on contemporary personal politics, this is a tragic love story told in recollection and strongly set in the West Midlands. Coe captures the times (contemporary to between the wars) brilliantly, but more importantly captures the ‘pangs of disprized love’.



The Rain Before it Falls by Jonathan Coe

(Posted Jan 8, 01:38 PM)



In a change from his recent takes on contemporary personal politics, this is a tragic love story told in recollection and strongly set in the West Midlands. Coe captures the times (contemporary to between the wars) brilliantly, but more importantly captures the ‘pangs of disprized love’.