David Lodge is a novelist and critic. Among his novels are Changing Places, Nice Work, and Author, Author. His most recent work, a memoir, is Quite a Good Time To Be Born (Harvil Secker).
I came home early and went straight upstairs to Mary and the baby. As soon as she saw me she began to cry. "What’s the matter?” I asked, already filling with dread.
A biographical novel for Thomas Hardy fans; a theory on how Christianity came to dominate Europe; short poems; and the fascinating (true) tale of a house in Germany.