Deaf Sentence

Market worth: 731

Book Condition: Pre Loved

Deaf Sentence

Author : David Lodge

556 reviews

Highlights

English

Language

NA

Edition

320

Pages

9780141035703

ISBN-13

0141035703

ISBN-10

Penguin UK

Publisher

198 mm

Height

129 mm

Width

127 mm

Thickness

Paperback

Binding

Description

Retired Professor of Lingustics Desmond Bates is going deaf. Its a bother for his wife who has an enviably successful new career and is too busy to be endlessly repeating herself. Roles are reversed with his aging father, who resents his sons attempts to help him. And then theres Alex, a student whom Desmond has agreed to help after a typical misunderstanding at a party Retired Professor of Lingustics Desmond Bates is going deaf. Its a bother for his wife who has an enviably successful new career and is too busy to be endlessly repeating herself. Roles are reversed with his aging father, who resents his sons attempts to help him. And then theres Alex, a student whom Desmond has agreed to help after a typical misunderstanding at a party. But her increasingly bizarre requests cannot all be blamed on his defective hearing. So much for growing old gracefully...