Lucky Jim is the story of Jim Dixon, one of literature's most lovable losers. Originally published in 1954, and now republished in an NYRB edition, this novel follows Jim, a hapless lecturer in medieval history, as he juggles women and drink in his effort to stave off boredom. A classic!
I must be on some kind of roll in my mainstream reading. First was the exciting revelation that Robertson Davies wrote the types of books that appeal to me in the same way that Jonathan Carroll's do, then came the surprise that Vladimir Nabokov was as clever as Jorge Luis Borges, yet wrote at longer...
Often listed as one of the funniest novels of all time. I wasn't especially amused. I've never noticed any warmth in Amis' writing, and I miss that when someone is trying to be funny.
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