num_pages: 227
description: The British Museum is Falling Down is a brilliant comic satire of academia, religion and human entanglements. First published in 1965, it tells the story of hapless, scooter-riding young research student Adam Appleby, who is trying to write his thesis but is constantly distracted — not least by the fact that, as Catholics in the late 1960s, he and his wife must rely on ‘Vatican roulette’ to avoid a fourth child.
language: English
title: The British Museum Is Falling Down
titlecomplete: The British Museum Is Falling Down
characters: Dominic Kitchen, Francis Maple, Padre Wildfire, Adam Appleby, Camel, Profesor Briggs, Señora Green, Padre Finbar, Edward, Clare, Pond, Profesor Bane, Barbara
genres: Fiction, Religion, English Literature, British Literature, Comedy, Humor, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, 20th Century
ratings_count: 3036
places: London, England
publisher: SECKER & WARBURG