"What a Carve Up!" is a satirical novel by Jonathan Coe, published in the UK by Viking Press in April 1994). The novel concerns the political and social environment in Britain during the 1980s, and covers the period up to the beginning of aerial bombardment against Iraq in the first Gulf War in January 1991). The book is considered an example of a postmodern novel, employing multiple narrative styles, different perspectives, movement between first- and third-person narrative voices, and a highly fragmented timeline).
"What a Carve Up!" was also made into a 1961 British comedy-horror film directed by Pat Jackson and starring Sid James, Kenneth Connor, and Shirley Eaton). The film was loosely based on the 1928 novel "The Ghoul" by Frank King). The books protagonist, Michael Owen, becomes obsessed with the film after first watching it as a young boy, and the last part of the book follows the plot of the film).
In 2020, a new adaptation of "What a Carve Up!" was released as a television series.
