{"product_id":"a-man-of-parts-isbn-9780143122098","title":"A Man of Parts","description":"\u003cb\u003e A riveting novel about the remarkable life\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003eand many loves\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003eof author H. G. Wells \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eH. G. Wells, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Time Machine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWar of the Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e, was one of the twentieth century's most prophetic and creative writers, a man who immersed himself in socialist politics and free love, whose meteoric rise to fame brought him into contact with the most important literary, intellectual, and political figures of his time, but who in later years felt increasingly ignored and disillusioned in his own utopian visions. Novelist and critic David Lodge has taken the compelling true story of Wells's life and transformed it into a witty and deeply moving narrative about a fascinating yet flawed man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWells had sexual relations with innumerable women in his lifetime, but in 1944, as he finds himself dying, he returns to the memories of a select group of wives and mistresses, including the brilliant young student Amber Reeves and the gifted writer Rebecca West. As he reviews his professional, political, and romantic successes and failures, it is through his memories of these women that he comes to understand himself. Eloquent, sexy, and tender, the novel is an artfully composed portrait of Wells's astonishing life, with vivid glimpses of its turbulent historical background, by one of England's most respected and popular writers.\"This novel is as scintillating, engaging, and multidimensional as the man whose life and character it faithfully animates . . . Lodge neatly shifts between narrative and probing interview, to reveal the intersections of writer, thinker, and man . . . Ultimately, this novel's sensitive and lively examination of its protagonist's relationships with women is what really fleshes out (so to speak) his attractive character.\"— \u003cb\u003eChristina Schwarz, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A terrifically enjoyable novel . . . \u003ci\u003eA Man of Parts\u003c\/i\u003e explores, with great verve, Wells's lifelong attempt to honor his own complexity, to be true to himself as a sexual being, a loving family man, a creative artist and an ambitious social thinker . . . Even if you're up on Wells's life and writings, Lodge makes his novel-cum-biography mesmerizing.\"— \u003cb\u003eMichael Dirda, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] smart, engaging novel . . . Lodge has made something of a specialty of intellectuals behaving badly in bed.\"— \u003cb\u003eChristopher Benfey, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Entertaining and persuasive . . . \u003ci\u003eA Man of Parts\u003c\/i\u003e allows Lodge to concentrate on comedy and character . . . [his] interest is in the private rather than the public Wells.\"— \u003cb\u003eClaire Tomalin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Lodge\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of twelve novels and a novella, including the Booker Prize finalists \u003ci\u003eSmall World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNice Work\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of many works of literary criticism, including \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConsciousness and the Novel\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303898337509,"sku":"NP9780143122098","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143122098.jpg?v=1767720630","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-man-of-parts-isbn-9780143122098","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}