The story of a novel - with other essays on the genesis, composition and reception of literary fiction
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.
Full of fascinating stuff... Lodge has the fineness of judgment
that James himself thought indispensable
*Guardian*
An absolutely invaluable document of the modern literary life
*Independent*
Lodge has fashioned a wise and provocative study...far more than
the sum of its parts
*Irish Times*
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