In a career spanning six decades, David Lodge has been one of Britain's best-loved and most versatile writers.With Varying Degrees of Successhe completes a trilogy of memoirs which describe his life from birth in 1935 to the present day, and together form a remarkable autobiography. He describes the...

In a career spanning six decades, David Lodge has been one of Britain's best-loved and most versatile writers.With Varying Degrees of Successhe completes a trilogy of memoirs which describe his life from birth in 1935 to the present day, and together form a remarkable autobiography. He describes the highs and lows of being a professional creative writer in several different genres, his extensive travels around the world, and the hope and desire of writers to make a significant and positive impression on their readers and audiences. Varying Degrees of Success * provides the reader with a privileged insight into the working practices and the creative life of a major British novelist. Lodge is the best British novelist never to have won the Man Booker prize.*--** The Times**