David Lodge — The Picturegoers
Penguin Books Ltd 1993 Paperback, 238pp. Mark, the cynical intellectual, who seeks sensuality in the body of an ex - novice nun and finds spirituality; Clare, his girlfriend, who loses faith and discovers passion; Father Kipling, the scandalized priest; Harry, the sexually frustrated Teddy boy - just some among the crowd who make their Saturday - night pilgrimage to the peeling suburban pleasure - dome of the Palladium, Brickley, and who touch and shape each others destinies. (ISBN: 9780140174212). Fair.