In this entertaining and enlightening collection David Lodge considers the art o
f fiction under a wide range of headings, drawing on writers as diverse as Henry
James, Martin Amis, Jane Austen and James Joyce. Looking at ideas such as the I
ntrusive Author, Suspense, the Epistolary Novel, Magic Realism and Symbolism, an
d illustrating each topic with a passage taken from a classic or modern novel, D
avid Lodge makes the richness and variety of British and American fiction access
ible to the general reader. He provides essential reading for students, aspiring
writers and anyone who wants to understand how fiction works.
