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reviewed by John Murphy

There is something appropriate about David Lodge writing on the ruefully comic trials and tribulations of deafness. He is a master chronicler of the seriocomic frustrations of daily life, whether it be the sexual frustrations of young Catholics post Vatican II in How Far Can You Go, or the family frustrations of a beleagured grad student juggling the demands of home life and academia in The British Museum is Falling Down. [Read more...]