Therapy (novel)

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Therapy
Author David Lodge
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Publisher Secker & Warburg
Released 1995
Media Type Print (hardcover, paperback)
ISBN ISBN 0-436-20334-0 (hardcover), ISBN 0-436-20255-7 (paperback)

Therapy (1995) is a novel by British author David Lodge.

The story tells about a successful sitcom writer plagued by middle-age neuroses and a failed marriage. Laurence Passmore, 58, is the script-writer for a popular television sitcom. His only problem seems to be an "internal derangement of the knee" but a mid-life crisis has struck and he is discovering angst. His familiar doses of cognitive therapy, aromatherapy, and acupuncture all offer no help. He becomes obsessed with the philosophy of Kierkegaard.