"Penguin Decades" bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling. David Lodge's "The British Museum is Falling Down" was published in 1965 and is a brilliant comic satire of academia, religion and human entanglements. It tells the story of hapless, scooter-riding young research student Adam Appleby, who is trying to write his thesis but is constantly distracted - not least by the fact that, as Catholics in the 1960s, he and his wife must rely on 'Vatican roulette' to avoid a fourth child.
- ISBN10 0141046694
- ISBN13 9780141046693
- Publish Date 1 April 2010 (first published February 1969)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 5 September 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English