Paradise News by David Lodge
A group of British tourists set out from a congested Heathrow to their package holiday. Hawaii, and more particularly the high-rise tourist ghetto of Waikiki, is the stage on which the fortunes of this range of characters cross and occasionally collide. The author also wrote "Nice Work".
DAVID LODGE's novels include The British Museum is Falling Down (1965), Changing Places (1975), for which he was awarded the Hawthornden Prize, How Far Can You Go? (1980), which was Whitbread Book of the Year, Small World (1984), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Nice Work (1988), which won the Sunday Express Book of the Year Award, Thinks... (2001), Author, Author (2004) and, most recently, A Man of Parts (2011). He has also written stage plays and screenplays, and several books of literary criticism, including The Art of Fiction (1992), Consciousness and the Novel (2002) and The Year of Henry James (2007). His works have been translated into 25 languages. He is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Birmingham and continues to live in that city. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, was awarded a CBE for services to literature and is also a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780436256684 |
| ISBN 10 | 0436256681 |
| Title | Paradise News |
| Author | David Lodge |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1991-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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