David Lodge's novels include Changing Places, Small World, Nice Work, Thinks..., Author, Author and, most recently, Deaf Sentence. He has also written stage plays and screenplays, and several books of literary criticism, including The Art of Fiction, Consciousness and the Novel and The Year of Henry James.
A funny, intelligent and superbly placed social comedy * The New York Times * A work of immense intelligence, informative, disturbing and diverting * Observer * As a comedy of society and class misunderstandings, Lodge has never observed more sharply... A very nice work indeed * The Times * Rich in reserves of humour and irony...the book is a delight * Mail on Sunday *