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Jim Dixon has accidentally fallen into a job at one of Britain's new red brick universities. A moderately successful future in the History Department beckons. As long as Jim can survive a madrigal-singing weekend at Professor Welch's, deliver a lecture on 'Merrie England' and resist Christine, the hopelessly desirable girlfriend of Welch's awful son Bertrand.
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Kingsley Amis' (1922-1995) works take a humorous yet highly critical look at British society, especially of the period following the end of World War II. He was born in London. Amis explored his disillusionment with British society in novels such asTHAT UNCERTAIN FEELING (1955). His other works include THE GREEN MAN (1970); STANLEY AND THE WOMEN (1984); and THE OLD DEVILS (1986) which won the Booker Prize. Amis also wrote poetry, criticism, and short stories.
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'They made a silly mistake, though,' the Professor of History said, and his smile, as Dixon watched, gradually sank beneath the surface of his features at the memory. Read the first page
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'They made a silly mistake, though,' the Professor of History said, and his smile, as Dixon watched, gradually sank beneath the surface of his features at the memory. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The funniest book I've ever read,
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This review is from: Modern Classics Lucky Jim (Paperback)
I was given this novel to read when I was 17 and told that there are two kinds of people: those who find "Lucky Jim" hysterically funny--and those who see no humor in it at all. Over the years, as I've read and reread this novel and shared it with many people in the manner of a missionary trying to spread the gospel, I've discovered that this is true: it's either love or hate. However, if you like to read about pretentious people, snobs, and bores getting what they deserve, then you will probably enjoy this book. But that's only one part of "Lucky Jim." Much of the humor emerges from Amis's clever descriptions of his characters, so if you appreciate irony and a well-turned phrase, then you'll want to read it again. I've read this novel at least 15 times, and it can still make me laugh out loud. It is Amis's best book (his second best, I've always felt, is "The Green Man") and the finest comic novel of the twentieth century.(And when you purchase the Penguin edition, you'll be getting a very good introduction as well.)
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A Laugh a Page!,
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This review is from: Modern Classics Lucky Jim (Paperback)
A pleasant and refreshing read. Sir Kingsley's mastery over the English language combined with a hilarious 'common man' story makes LUCKY JIM undoubtedly one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century. Follow the misadventures of Jim Dixon, the novice college professor who can't seem to find happiness or luck anywhere, until his life turns around for the better, ironically because of his own irreverance and ineptitude at the climax of this outrageously funny novel. Certainly the funniest book on my shelf-- concise, witty and timeless.
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One of the Funniest Books Ever,
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This review is from: Modern Classics Lucky Jim (Paperback)
This book is a hilarious balm for a quarter life crisis and should be required reading for anyone who is in Generation X. Set in the 1950's, Jim proves that today's young professionals are not the first to be "slackers". Newly graduated, Jim feels lost, does not like his job, dislikes his boss (and the boss's family), and enjoys making fun of pseudo-intellectuals with his razor sharp intellectual sense of humor. During this turmoil Jim finds himself hopelessly falling in love with a woman who is "off limits" and he is forced to make some serious choices. This book is truely a classic and one will fall in and out of love with this witty anti-hero with every passing page.
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