Francesca Steele

Wistful thinking: Mr Wilder & Me, by Jonathan Coe, reviewed

The aging Billy Wilder looks back nostalgically to Hollywood’s Golden Age in this charming, bittersweet novel

Billy Wilder in 1956. Credit: Alamy
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  • Mr Wilder & Me

    Jonathan Coe

    Viking, pp. 256, £16

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