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 young American female student who seeks his support in matters academic and not so academic, who finally threatens to destabilize his life completely with her unpredictable���nd wayward���ehavior. What emerges is a funny, moving account of one man�'s effort to come to terms with aging and mortality��� classic meditation on modern middle age that fans of David Lodge will love.
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