David Lodge

David
Lodge

David Lodge’s (1935 – 2025) career was one of international success and literary influence, in the realms of both fiction and non-fiction. His criticism, plays, biographies, memoirs and television scripts stand alongside celebrated novels like The British Museum is Falling Down, the Booker-shortlisted Small World and Nice WorkTherapyDeaf Sentence and A Man of Parts, and show the range of a writer who was fascinated by everything the written word could achieve (from Publisher).

David Lodge’s (1935 – 2025) career was one of international success and literary influence, in the realms of both fiction and non-fiction. His criticism, plays, biographies, memoirs and television scripts stand alongside celebrated novels like The British Museum is Falling Down, the Booker-shortlisted Small World and Nice WorkTherapyDeaf Sentence and A Man of Parts, and show the range of a writer who was fascinated by everything the written word could achieve (from Publisher).

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