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Lucky Jim

by Kingsley Amis

1954 258 pages eng ★ 4.2 (10 ratings)

Amis’s debut novel, published in 1954, is a satire on academia. The protagonist is a bored and disinterested history lecturer at a provincial university, trapped in a joyless and sexless relationship with a depressive fellow lecturer. The book immediately elevated Amis to fame as one of the leading …

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