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Deaf sentence

David Lodge

2008294 pagesabout 4–7 hours
2008
first published
  • 2008Penguin Books · 294 pages · ENGISBN 9780143116059
  • 2008Harvill Secker · 294 pages · ENGISBN 9781846551673
  • 2008Viking · 294 pages · ENGISBN 9780670019922
  • 2008Clipper Large Print · 439 pages · ENGISBN 9781407426747
  • 2009PenguinISBN 9780141041049
  • 2009Penguin USA, Inc. · ENGISBN 9781101139653
  • 2009Penguin Books Ltd · 320 pages · ENGISBN 9780141035703

The subject of enthusiastic and widespread reviews, David Lodge's fourteenth work of fiction displays the humor and shrewd observations that have made him a much-loved icon. Deaf Sentence tells the story of Desmond Bates, a recently retired linguistics professor in his mid-sixties. Vexed by his encroaching deafness and at loose ends in his personal life, Desmond inadvertently gets involved with a seemingly personable young American female student who seeks his support in matters academic and not so academic, who finally threatens to destabilize his life completely with her unpredictable—and wayward—behavior. What emerges is a funny, moving account of one man's effort to come to terms with aging and mortality—a classic meditation on modern middle age that fans of David Lodge will love.

How it reads

Character focusSingle lead
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