“Proves the adage that a good writer is also a good reader” – Consciousness and the Novel by David Lodge

"If there is a common theme between these essays then it is Lodge’s interest in how writers read other writers. It is apt that the essay on John Updike focuses on Updike’s Bech stories, a fictional account of a novelist: “a subject he really knows intimately and about which he really cares… Few writers have earned the right to such an easy ride as fully as John Updike.” In describing “the holiday mood in which one intuits they were written,” Lodge finds a new perspective on Updike, while the same mood provides his criticism with rare insight..." - James Doyle reviews Consciousness and the Novel by David Lodge

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