Literature is mostly about having sex and not having children. Life is the other way around...
And that, precisely, is the dilemma that preoccupies Adam Appleby as he begins another day of research in the Reading Room of the British Museum. Adam is a graduate student in literature and a practicing Catholic in the days before the Pill. He is also married, has three children, and is not looking forward to the possiblity of a fourth.
On this foggy day in London, however, work and life conspire against him. As Adam makes his bumbling way through a series of misadventures that do little to alleviate his anxiety, the reader is treated to a hilarious and heartfelt tour of academia that only David Lodge could have created.
And that, precisely, is the dilemma that preoccupies Adam Appleby as he begins another day of research in the Reading Room of the British Museum. Adam is a graduate student in literature and a practicing Catholic in the days before the Pill. He is also married, has three children, and is not looking forward to the possiblity of a fourth.
On this foggy day in London, however, work and life conspire against him. As Adam makes his bumbling way through a series of misadventures that do little to alleviate his anxiety, the reader is treated to a hilarious and heartfelt tour of academia that only David Lodge could have created.
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Hardback Editions
July 1981 : Hardback
| Title: The British Museum Is Falling Down Author(s): David Lodge ISBN: 0-436-25530-8 / 978-0-436-25530-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Secker Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1967 : Hardback
| Title: The British Museum Is Falling Down Author(s): David Lodge Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
1965 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
May 2011 : Paperback
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April 2010 : Paperback
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October 2004 : Paperback
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June 2002 : Paperback
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August 1989 : Paperback
| Title: The British Museum Is Falling Down (King Penguin) Author(s): David Lodge ISBN: 0-14-012419-5 / 978-0-14-012419-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1986 : Mass Market Paperback
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1983 : Mass Market Paperback
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1981 : Paperback
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February 1969 : Paperback
| Title: British Museum is Falling Down Author(s): David Lodge ISBN: 0-586-02689-4 / 978-0-586-02689-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Panther Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1968 : Paperback
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January 1967 : Paperback
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January 1965 : Paperback
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1969 : Unknown
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1967 : Unknown
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1965 : Unknown
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1965 : Unknown
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