The British Museum is falling down

Adam Appleby begins another day of research in the Reading Room of the British Museum. He is a graduate student in literature and a practicing Catholic in the days before the pill. His is married, has three children, and is not looking forward to the possibility of a fourth. On a foggy day in London, work and life conspire against him as he bumbles his way through series of misadventures. It is a hilarious and heartfelt tour of academia.