Paradise News
Paradise News by David Lodge, published by Penguin Publishing Group on June 1, 1993, is a literary work that follows Bernard Walsh as he travels to Hawaii on family business. Accompanying his father to visit a long-forgotten aunt, Bernard’s journey takes him from the quiet life in Rummridge, England, to the vibrant and bustling atmosphere of a tropical paradise. This transition introduces him to a diverse cast of package tourists, each with their own stories and aspirations, as he navigates the unfamiliar landscape.
Readers will discover how the island’s beauty and unexpected encounters challenge Bernard’s perceptions of life and love. The narrative explores themes of personal growth and the complexities of human relationships against the backdrop of a tourist destination. With 304 pages, this edition presents a humorous and insightful look at the late flowering of an honest man, set within the context of fiction that reflects on the contrasts between ordinary life and the allure of paradise.
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Paradise, tourist style. It’s a very long way from home.
Bernard Walsh is in Hawaii on family business, escorting his querulous father to the bedside of a long-forgotten aunt. His mission transports him from quiet obscurity in Rummridge, England, to a lush tropical playground, from cloistered solitude into the unfamiliar company of package tourists: honeymooners; young women looking for Mr. Nice; families nuclear and fissile. But it is the island itself that holds the most astonishing surprises, as an accidental encounter opens up to Bernard possibilities of life, and love, never dreamed of in his normally overcast habitat. Paradise News is an enchanting–and very funny–portrait of the late flowering of an honest man.
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