Lucky Jim

Novel, Comic novel by Kingsley Amis

Blurb

Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling. Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim was published in 1954, and is a hilarious satire of British university life. Jim Dixon is bored by his job as a medieval history lecturer. His days are only improved by pulling faces behind the backs of his superiors as he tries desperately to survive provincial bourgeois society, an unbearable 'girlfriend' and petty humiliation at the hands of Professor Welch. Lucky Jim is one of the most famous and influential of all British post-War novels.

First Published

1954

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krispa34

Krispa34

Hilarious.

0 Responses posted in January
ewmunn

Ewmunn

'Lucky' Jim is the quintessential young man of the 20th century. Pitiably uncertain of whether happiness exists, blindly (or deliberately) stepping on toes, making childish intrigues and generally being pretty self-centered in an innocent kind of way. Highly relatable.

0 Responses posted in December
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