Expo 58 is the tenth novel by Jonathan Coe. [1] First published by Viking in 2013, much of the novel's action centres around the British pavilion at the Brussels World's Fair. [2] The work was nominated to the 2015 longlist for the International Dublin Literary Award. [3]
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