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Informationen zum Autor David Lodge (CBE)’s novels include Changing Places , Small World and Nice Work ( shortlisted for the Booker) and, most recently, A Man of Parts . He has also written plays and screenplays, and several books of literary criticism. His works have been translated into more than thirty languages. He is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Birmingham, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and is a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Klappentext First published in 1965, it tells the story of hapless, scooter-riding young research student Adam Appleby, who is trying to write his thesis but is constantly distracted - not least by the fact that, as Catholics in the 1960s, he and his wife must rely on 'Vatican roulette' to avoid a fourth child. Zusammenfassung First published in 1965, it tells the story of hapless, scooter-riding young research student Adam Appleby, who is trying to write his thesis but is constantly distracted - not least by the fact that, as Catholics in the 1960s, he and his wife must rely on 'Vatican roulette' to avoid a fourth child.

Product details

• Authors: David Lodge, Lodge David
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.04.2011
• EAN: 9780099554226
• ISBN: 978-0-09-955422-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; VINTAGE CLASSICS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; London, Greater London, FICTION / Satire, c 1960 to c 1969, Satirical fiction and parodies, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, FICTION / World Literature / England / 20th Century