Thinks . . . (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: David Lodge
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The late 1990’s
- Setting: Gloucestershire, England
- Principal Characters: Ralph Messenger, Carrie Messenger, Helen Reed, Marianne Richmond, Douglas C. Douglas, Sandra Pickering, Ludmila Lisk
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Science or scientists, England or English people, Widows or widowers, 1990’s, Artificial intelligence, College or university towns
- Locales: Gloucestershire, England
David Lodge has long been a writer of engaging, literate, witty, entertaining novels, many of them taking place in an academic setting. Reading him is always a pleasure because his irony is never savage; while poking gentle fun at his characters, such as the famous Morris Zapp in Changing Places (1975) and Small World (1984), he never dislikes them. His is a tolerant, wryly amused voice, one that always has empathy for the small vanities and hypocrisies, the tangle of imperfect relationships and thwarted desires that seem to go with the human condition. Thinks . . ....
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