David Lodge, British Novelist Who Satirized Academic Life, Dies at 89
Briefly

David Lodge's novels were rooted not in the elite universities but in middle-class schools, presenting a gritty perspective of academia filled with ambition and rivalry.
In 'Small World', Lodge cleverly critiques academic jargon, using humor to present complex ideas, like comparing literary interpretation to a striptease, illustrating the absurdity of theory.
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