Therapy
1997 Nominated

Therapy

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

A story told by Laurence Passmore, a middle aged, middle class, Englishman who seems to have everything but whose life is unravelling against a background of his personal Kierkegaardian angst. Tubby, as he is called, tries to tie up the loose ends by going back to his beginnings in South London. The zig-zagging pilgrimage he undertakes leads to a ripely sardonic and comic reward.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR 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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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
United Kingdom
Author
Publisher
Penguin, Secker & Warburg

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