A brilliant satire from the Booker-shortlisted author of Deaf Sentence, about academia, religion and the perils of 'Vatican roulette'
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.
"Brilliantly funny" Guardian "A comic tour de force...the hapless Appleby remains one of his most keenly observed characters" Observer
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