Lucky Jim
Single men
College teachers
College students
British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
Fiction in English
English literature
Large type books
Fiction
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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