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The Man Who Wouldn't Get Up by David Lodge

The Man Who Wouldn't Get Up by David Lodge

A nameless man who has fallen out of love with life, refuses to get out of bed, with unexpected consequences. A sociologist recalls how he learned his first and formative lesson about the oppressive power of capitalism selling newspapers and magazines up and down the platforms of Waterloo station. Some years before the era of the Pill and the Permissive Society, four university friends travel to the Mediterranean for their first holiday together, where the climate is sultry and sex is on everyone’s mind. And a strong-willed young woman defies adverse circumstances to pursue the perfect wedding at all costs.

These are some of the characters that populate David Lodge’s shrewd, funny and delightfully entertaining short stories, collected here for the very first time. What prompted their publication in this form is a short story in itself, told by the author in his Foreword.

(Penguin Books)

The Man Who Wouldn't Get Up by David Lodge

Author

David Lodge

Publisher

Vintage

 Year Published

2016

Number of Pages

149

Book Type

Short Story Collection

Genres

Literary Fiction

Country

English Writing

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