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Un prêtre défroqué d'une quarantaine d'années accompagne son Irlandais de père à Hawaï au chevet d'une soeur que son père a perdu de vue depuis des années et qui se meurt. Il y fera bien malgré lui l'apprentissage des choses de la vie. Un roman vif et drôle qui se moque du tourisme organisé et des moeurs britanniques, mais qui aborde aussi les thèmes de la mort, de la vie familiale et de l'épanouissement sexuel avec une délicatesse et une pénétration inattendues.

החלש בספריו עד כה. אין כמו הצלחה להרוס סופרים. תפו​ר בתפרים גסים ולפעמים אפילו משעמם.​ ( )

Not quite up to the standard of Thinks or Therapy, but solid. A bit more on the domestic comedy side, but still insightful and funny. Those avidly seeking further evidence of Lodge's sexism will probably find something here. But it's not the sort of sexism that most feminists write home about, I don't imagine. ( )

A thoroughly enjoyable book which is very reminiscent, in terms of character and structure, to Lodge's later Therapy. The people are portrayed in a very sympathetic way, the ends are all tidied up nicely and there is just the right of amount of philosophizing mixed in. ( )

The story of a middle aged man who happens to be a virgin who travels to Hawaii to visit a dying Aunt and to attempt to reconcile her with her brother, his father. A number of characters are introduced along the way from his fellow passengers on the flight out to local people. Lodge is a good writer and this was an enjoyable book. ( )