Summary
The first of the hilarious novels in the campus trilogy, Changing Places is a funny and wise tale of academic ill-manners - David Lodge at his comic best.
When Philip Swallow and Professor Morris Zapp participate in their universities’ Anglo-American exchange scheme, the Fates play a hand, and each academic finds himself enmeshed in the life of his counterpart on the opposite side of the Atlantic. Nobody is immune to the exchange- students, colleagues, even wives are swapped as events…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529965223 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529965225 |
| Author: | David Lodge |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 3 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 188g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 16mm |
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A magnificent comic novel—Guardian
Three-star rating for a laugh a line—Evening Standard
Not since Lucky Jim has such a funny book about academic life come my way—Sunday Times
About The Author
David Lodge
David Lodge (CBE)’s novels include Changing Places, Small World and Nice Work (shortlisted for the Booker) and, most recently, A Man of Parts. He has also written plays and screenplays, and several books of literary criticism. His works have been translated into more than thirty languages. He is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Birmingham, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and is a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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