The British Museum is Falling Down

Author(s): David Lodge

Fiction

"The British Museum is Falling Down" is a brilliant comic satire of academia, religion and human entanglements. 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.

General Information

  • : 9780099554226
  • : Vintage
  • : Vintage
  • : 0.137
  • : 01 May 2011
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 01 May 2011
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : David Lodge
  • : Paperback
  • : 823.914
  • : 192

More About The Product

A brilliant satire from the Booker-shortlisted author of Deaf Sentence, about academia, religion and the perils of 'Vatican roulette'

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.