London, 1958: unassuming civil servant Thomas Foley is plucked from his desk at the Central Office of Information and sent on a six-month trip to Brussels. His task: to keep an eye on The Brittania, a brand new pub which will form the heart of the British presence at Expo 58 - the biggest World's Fair of the century, and the first to be held since the Second World War. As soon as he arrives at the site, Thomas feels that he has escaped a repressed, backward-looking country and fallen headlong into an era of modernity and optimism. But Thomas' new-found sense of freedom comes at a price: the Cold War is at its height, the mischievous Belgians have placed the American and Soviet pavilions right next to each other - and why is he being followed everywhere by two mysterious emissaries of the British Secret Service?
"London, 1958: unassuming civil servant Thomas Foley is plucked from his desk at the Central Office of Information and sent on a six-month trip to Brussels. His task: to keep an eye on The Brittania, a brand new pub which will form the heart of the British presence at Expo 58 - the biggest World's Fair of the century, and the first to be held since the Second World War. As soon as he arrives at the site, Thomas feels that he has escaped a repressed, backward-looking country and fallen headlong into an era of modernity and optimism. But Thomas' new-found sense of freedom comes at a price: the Cold War is at its height, the mischievous Belgians have placed the American and Soviet pavilions right next to each other - and why is he being followed everywhere by two mysterious emissaries of the British Secret Service?"@en
"Schöne Frauen, finstere Spione und mittendrin ein braver Engländer Vierzehn Jahre schon arbeitet Thomas Foley als Beamter für das Central Office of Information in London. Da eröffnen sich ihm auf einmal ungeahnte Möglichkeiten: 1958 soll es, zum ersten Mal seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, wieder eine Weltausstellung geben, und Thomas ist Englands Mann für Brüssel - sehr zum Missfallen seiner Frau Sylvia, die mit der neugeborenen Tochter allein zurückbleiben muss. Und Sylvias Vorbehalte erweisen sich als berechtigt: Die Expo entpuppt sich als Tummelplatz für Verbrecher und Spione jeglicher Couleur - nicht zu vergessen die hübschen belgischen Hostessen ... Das wilde Treiben nimmt seinen Lauf, und unser Thomas steckt mitten drin - ob das gut geht? Eine turbulente Komödie über England, Europa und den Kalten Krieg, gespickt mit britischem Humor und einem liebenswert normalen (Anti-)Helden. Jonathan Coe wurde 1961 im englischen Birmingham geboren und lebt heute mit seiner Familie in London. Sein Werk wurde sowohl in Grossbritannien als auch international mit zahlreichen Preisen ausgezeichnet (John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, Prix Médicis Étranger u.a.), zwei seiner bisher zehn Romane wurden verfilmt. Bei der DVA erschienen 'Der Regen, bevor er fällt' (2009), 'Die ungeheuerliche Einsamkeit des Maxwell Sim' (2010) und 'Liebesgrüsse aus Brüssel' (2014)."
"An English public employee becomes embroiled in a Soviet plot while he oversees the construction of an authentic British pub being showcased at the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels."
"London, 1958: unassuming civil servant Thomas Foley is plucked from his desk at the Central Office of Information and sent on a six-month trip to Brussels. His task: to keep an eye on The Brittania, a brand new pub which will form the heart of the British presence at Expo 58 - the biggest World's Fair of the century, and the first to be held since the Second World War. As soon as he arrives at the site, Thomas feels that he has escaped a repressed, backward-looking country and fallen headlong into an era of modernity and optimism. But his new-found sense of freedom comes at a price: the Cold War is at its height and the mischievous Belgians have placed the American and Soviet pavilions right next to each other."
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Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau) (1958 : Brussels, Belgium)
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Universal and International Exhibition 1958 Brüssel.
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England / Social conditions / 20th century / Fiction.
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