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"A funny, intelligent, superbly paced social comedy." --The New York Times Vic Wilcox, a self-made man and managing director of an engineering firm. has little regard for academics, and even less for feminists. So when Robyn Penrose, a trendy leftist teacher, is assigned to "shadow" Vic under a goverment program created to foster mutual understanding between town and gown, the hilarious collusion of lifestyles and ideologies that ensues seems unlikely to foster anything besides mutual antipathy. But in the course of a bumpy year, both parties make some surprising discoveries about each other's worlds--and about themselves.
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- Released
- 1988
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- Title
- Nice work
- Language
- English
- Authors
- David Lodge
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Released
- 1988
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0140133968
- ISBN13
- 9780140133967
- Series
- The Campus Trilogy
- Collection
- King penguin
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Humor, Literary Studies, Love, 20th century, School, British Literature, England, Society, Feminism, English Literature, Comedies, University, College, Employment, Industry, University Novel
- First published
- 1989
- Original title
- Nice Work
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
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- "A funny, intelligent, superbly paced social comedy." --The New York Times Vic Wilcox, a self-made man and managing director of an engineering firm. has little regard for academics, and even less for feminists. So when Robyn Penrose, a trendy leftist teacher, is assigned to "shadow" Vic under a goverment program created to foster mutual understanding between town and gown, the hilarious collusion of lifestyles and ideologies that ensues seems unlikely to foster anything besides mutual antipathy. But in the course of a bumpy year, both parties make some surprising discoveries about each other's worlds--and about themselves.