The Man Who Wouldn't Get Up and Other Stories

His down-to-earth stories have a nice blend of the worldly and the ingenious. – Phil Baker * Sunday Times *David Lodge’s short stories are as witty and surprising as his novels * The Times *Fresh and timely…well-observed collection that one wishes was twice as long * Financial Times *Lodge’s preoccupations in these stories tend to be masculine, though not exclusively. The stories deal with the tumult and mysteries of relationships in a style at once serious and farcical… This collection shows Lodge at his most playfully imaginative. * Independent *

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.