Nice Work

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Title: Nice Work Author: David Lodge ISBN: 9780140133967 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Published: 1990 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: first edition ?; Thirteen th Printing Number of Pages: 288 Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. Publisher Description: "A funny, intelligent, superbly paced social comedy." --The New York TimesVic Wilcox, a self-made man and managing director of an engineering firm. has little regard for academics, and even less for feminists. So when Robyn Penrose, a trendy leftist teacher, is assigned to "shadow" Vic under a goverment program created to foster mutual understanding between town and gown, the hilarious collusion of lifestyles and ideologies that ensues seems unlikely to foster anything besides mutual antipathy. But in the course of a bumpy year, both parties make some surprising discoveries about each other's worlds--and about themselves. Show more