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The shadows of history: the "Condition of England" in Nice Work.
From: CRITIQUE: Studies in Contemporary Fiction
Date: 20020922
Author:Marshall, Timothy; Winston, Robert P.
A feeling very generally exists that the condition and disposition of the Working Classes is a rather ominous matter at present; that something ought to be said, something ought to be done, in regard to it.
Thomas Carlyle (1839)
David Lodge's comic novel Nice Work is a deft analysis of two cultures simultaneously inhabiting that space known colloquially as contemporary Britain. Set in 1986, designated "Industry Year" by Margaret Thatcher's government, the novel's plot revolves around conflicts between Victor Wilcox and Dr. Robyn Penrose. Lodge uses the concept of a ...
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