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Lucky Jim

(Penguin Classics)

By Kingsley Amis, David Lodge

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| Paperback | 9780140186307

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Kingsley Amis has written a marvelously funny novel describing the attempts of England's postwar generation to break from that country's traditional class structure. When it appeared in England, LUCKY JIM provoked a heated controversy in which everyone took sides. Even W. Somerset Maugham reviewed Continue

Kingsley Amis has written a marvelously funny novel describing the attempts of England's postwar generation to break from that country's traditional class structure. When it appeared in England, LUCKY JIM provoked a heated controversy in which everyone took sides. Even W. Somerset Maugham reviewed the book, happily with great favor: "Mr. Kingsley Amis is so talented, his observations so keen, that you cannot fail to be convinced that the young men he so brilliantly describes truly represent the classes with which his novel is concerned."

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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 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • 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 | Add your feedback

  • 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 | Add your feedback

  • 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 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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