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The Rotters' Club (book)

The Rotters' Club
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First edition
Author Jonathan Coe
Cover artist gray318
Country UK
Language English
Publisher Viking Press
Publication date
22 February 2001
Media type Print (hardcover, paperback) and audio book
Pages 405pp (hardcover edition), 416 pp (paperback edition)
ISBN
OCLC 45338345
823/.914 21
LC Class PR6053.O26 R68 2001
Preceded by The House of Sleep
Followed by The Closed Circle

The Rotters' Club is a 2001 novel by British author Jonathan Coe, set in Birmingham during the 1970s, and inspired by the author's experiences at King Edward's School, Birmingham. The title is taken from the album The Rotters' Club by experimental rock band Hatfield and the North. In 2004 the book was followed by a sequel, The Closed Circle.

The book appears to hold the record for the longest sentence in English literature. It contains a sentence of 13,955 words. The Rotters' Club was inspired by Bohumil Hrabal's Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age: a Czech language novel that consisted of one great sentence.

Three teenage friends grow up in 1970s Britain watching their lives change as their world gets involved with IRA bombs, progressive and punk rock, girls and political strikes.

In 2003, a four-part BBC Radio 4 adaptation written by Simon Littlefield was broadcast with David Tennant playing the part of Bill Anderton and Frank Skinner as Sam Trotter. In early 2005, a three-part television adaptation written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais was broadcast on BBC Two, starring Geoff Breton as Ben Trotter, Nicholas Shaw as Doug Anderton and Rasmus Hardiker as Phillip Chase.


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