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David Lodge discusses his memoir, Quite A Good Time to be Born, covering the first forty years of his life, from his birth on 28 January 1935 to the publication of his breakthrough book, Changing Places.
‘I drew my first breath on the 28th of January 1935, which was quite a good time for a future writer to be born in England…’ The only child in a lower-middle-class family, who got his artistic genes from his musician father and his Catholic faith from his mother, David Lodge was four when World War II began and grew to maturity through decades of great social and cultural change, giving him plenty to write about in his distinguished career.
In this memoir of his life up to the publication of his breakthrough book, Changing Places, David looks back over his childhood and youth. Candid, witty and insightful, illuminating both the author and his work, Quite a Good Time to be Born gives a fascinating picture of a period of transition in British society and the evolution of a writer who has become a classic in his own lifetime.