Out Of The Shelter

Out of the Shelter (1985) by David Lodge – King Penguin Edition
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Before David Lodge became the patron saint of campus novels, he gave us this charmingly awkward tale of Cold War innocence, youthful awakenings, and a teenage Englishman thrust into the sophisticated chaos of postwar Heidelberg.

Out of the Shelter follows Timothy Young—bookish, polite, and woefully underexposed to real life—who swaps his dull English suburbia for a sun-soaked summer with his sister in Germany, where bikinis, bratwurst, and barely-repressed trauma await. It’s coming-of-age with cigarettes and the occasional existential crisis, wrapped in Lodge’s trademark wit and an eye for comic detail.

This 1985 King Penguin edition might have yellowed with age and possibly carries the scent of someone else’s bad decisions—but hey, that’s part of the charm. At Crappy Old Books, we call it character.

Slightly faded spine but otherwise very good condition.

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