{"product_id":"david-lodge-small-world-london-1984-125094","title":"Small World.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eA charming first edition of David Lodge's \u003cem\u003eSmall World\u003c\/em\u003e, the final book in his Campus Trilogy which was influenced by his experiences teaching at a university.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLodge was an English academic and novelist becoming a literature professor at the University of Birmingham as well as teaching at other universities across the world. He retired in 1987 to focus on writing full-time, where he penned almost twenty novels and many works of criticism, including \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst edition; 8vo (22 x 14.5 cm); a little age-toned (as usual), else clean; publisher's green boards with gilt lettering to spine, original illustrated green dust-jacket, not price-clipped, some creases from jacket's plastic coating to front and rear, though not affecting image or colour vibrancy, spine slightly faded, very good plus; 339pp.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"LODGE, David.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57487253668215,"sku":"125094","price":372.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/125094_01_d268cb90-22aa-4194-b2a9-e7e6395ce43b.jpg?v=1790186338","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/david-lodge-small-world-london-1984-125094","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}