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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 Approaching his 50th birthday! Ralph Messenger has good reason to feel pleased with himself. He is in demand as a pundit on developments in artificial intelligence! and is a regular on the media circuit. A womanizer! he refrains from straying in his own back yard! until Helen arrives on the scene. Zusammenfassung Approaching his 50th birthday! Ralph Messenger has good reason to feel pleased with himself. He is in demand as a pundit on developments in artificial intelligence! and is a regular on the media circuit. A womanizer! he refrains from straying in his own back yard! until Helen arrives on the scene.