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Nice Work

David Lodge, Author Penguin Books $16 (288p) ISBN 978-0-14-013396-7

``His tongue caustic, and his take on British society provocative and funny, Lodge skewers virtually every aspect of Thatcherite Britain in this top-notch satirical novel,'' observed PW . 35,000 first printing. (July)
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Reviewed on: 08/01/1990

Release date: 07/01/1990

Genre: Fiction

Paperback - 288 pages - 9780140133967

Hardcover - 276 pages - 9780670828067

Library Binding - 513 pages - 9781850892939

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