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.

"Vivid, funny, and with a compassion made all the more moving by the harshness of its military setting" Daily Telegraph "Has the ring of complete authenticity...the mingling of horror and farce are all brilliantly evoked" -- A.N. Wilson Spectator "Engaging slapstick...the Woody Allen of contemporary English fiction" -- Jonathan Bate Sunday Telegraph "An authentic picture of the sordid futility of National Service... I found the total recall agreeably unnerving" -- Christopher Ricks New Statesman "National Service has rarely been better evoked... an extremely well-told, well-organised story" Times Literary Supplement

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.

"Vivid, funny, and with a compassion made all the more moving by the harshness of its military setting" Daily Telegraph "Has the ring of complete authenticity...the mingling of horror and farce are all brilliantly evoked" -- A.N. Wilson Spectator "Engaging slapstick...the Woody Allen of contemporary English fiction" -- Jonathan Bate Sunday Telegraph "An authentic picture of the sordid futility of National Service... I found the total recall agreeably unnerving" -- Christopher Ricks New Statesman "National Service has rarely been better evoked... an extremely well-told, well-organised story" Times Literary Supplement