David Lodge’s fictional enterprises pore over various fundamental socio-cultural issues like cultural diversity, racism, multiculturalism, and even drastic changes in sexual mores to mention a few. Small World is among the best ever penned by Lodge's; the novel throws light on some undisclosed, lesser known domains of the university professors' lives while using humour and Parody as complementary devices to attain the best results. Through the paper it is attempted to provide a w/holistic view of the interfacing of fact and fiction, literature and life in SmallW orld