Written in response to the carving up of society under Thatcher's government, Coe takes a satirical approach to the greed of the upper class. Slipping in and out of 1st and 3rd person narrative, it touches on the brutal reality of the way things often are when money is handed down to the undeserved.
Marxist undertones carry throughout the novel, however you can make your way to the end quite easily without reading too much into the deeper meanings, merely enjoying the unfolding plot.
In 2007 John Pilger stated that he sent a copy of What A Carve Up! to Aung San Suu Kyi whilst imprisoned: http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=456
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