description: Set against the turbulent British '70s--a decade of industrial strikes, IRA bombings and rising nationalist racism--this marvelous tale combines comedy and tragedy in a sprawling coming-of-age chronicle of four friends. A Book Sense 76 Pick.
language: English
title: Rotters' Club
titlecomplete: Rotters' Club
genres: Coming Of Age, Historical Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, British Literature, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 13937
places: England, West Midlands, England, Midlands, England, Birmingham, England
series: Rotters' Club
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
category: Comic Fiction, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Premio San Clemente Rosalía-Abanca
category: Lingua estranxeira
publisher: San Val