Lucky Jim

Critics

• Joking aside

  No wonder the TV version of Lucky Jim found it so hard to catch its comedy. The novel's humour depends upon the difference between what its protagonist, Jim Dixon, would like to say, and what he does say. One of its great set-pieces, Dixon's disastro ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

• Four little letters

  When did bad language first find its way into novels? For most of its history, the novel - despite being the genre of everyday life - has been peculiarly decorous about its oaths and exclamations. Characters in The Canterbury Tales are allowed to use ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

6 Reviews

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  I laughed until I cried

  Very silly, very English and terribly old fashioned - this book is full of observational humour than made me laugh until I cried. Similar to books by David Lodge (Changing Places, London Bridge is Falling down).

  I loved it.

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  JohnR said on Aug 13, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  Lucky Jim

  It said that it was a funny book. A novel about a guy that works in a university and makes a critic view about the 1950's. Honestly, I couldn't understand it. I didn't pass from the first page, and returned the book unread. However, I read the wonderful introduction by David Lodge, and maybe a paper ... (continue)

  It said that it was a funny book. A novel about a guy that works in a university and makes a critic view about the 1950's. Honestly, I couldn't understand it. I didn't pass from the first page, and returned the book unread. However, I read the wonderful introduction by David Lodge, and maybe a paper from that author would be interesting in the future.

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  ariadna73 said on May 10, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  It's really funny to see how a man totally ignorant and lazy has to cope with the university system...

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  AnnaLuce said on Jan 12, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

• Library discard--New Canaan Public Library

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  Becky said on Nov 10, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  I really didn't like this book when I read a couple of years ago. It's supposedly funny but I just didn't get it, I just of found it annoyingly sexist. I've since read two other novels by Kingsley Amis which I enjoyed, though I'm still a bit iffy about his attitude towards women.

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  Rose Kolarich said on Aug 26, 2008 | Add your feedback

• hilarious

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  Raffaella Silvestri said on Jul 20, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Mass Market Paperback 256 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0140016481
• ISBN-13: 9780140016482
• Publisher: Penguin
• Pub date: Nov 18, 1976
• Dimensions: 1161 mm x 839 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Nederlandse Boeken

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