Deaf Sentence

David Lodge

Original title: Deaf sentence

first published 2008 Clipper Large Print, 2008 439 pages

Roman Rivages

The subject of enthusiastic and widespread reviews, David Lodge's fourteenth work of fiction displays the humor and shrewd observations that have made him a much-loved icon. Deaf Sentence tells the story of Desmond Bates, a recently retired linguistics professor in his mid-sixties. Vexed by his encroaching deafness and at loose ends in his personal life, Desmond inadvertently gets involved with a seemingly personable...

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Editions we hold

Deaf Sentence paperback · 2009 · Penguin Books Ltd · 320 pages · 9780141035703
Deaf Sentence ebook · 2009 · Penguin USA, Inc. · 9781101139653
Deaf Sentence edition · 2009 · Penguin · 9780141041049
Deaf sentence edition · 2008 · Harvill Secker · 294 pages · 9781846551673
Deaf Sentence edition · 2008 · Penguin Books · 294 pages · 9780143116059
Deaf sentence edition · 2008 · Viking · 294 pages · 9780670019922
La vie en sourdine edition · 2008 · Rivages · 413 pages · 9782743618445
Deaf sentence edition · 2008 · Clipper Large Print · 439 pages · 9781407426747

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