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by Kingsley Amis (Author), David Lodge (Introduction) "'They made a silly mistake, though,' the Professor of History said, and his smile, as Dixon watched, gradually sank beneath the surface of his features..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (25 May 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141182598
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141182599
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,557 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Jim Dixon has accidentally fallen into a job at one of Britain's new red brick universities. A moderately successful future in the History Department beckons. As long as Jim can survive a madrigal-singing weekend at Professor Welch's, deliver a lecture on 'Merrie England' and resist Christine, the hopelessly desirable girlfriend of Welch's awful son Bertrand.


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Kingsley Amis' (1922-1995) works take a humorous yet highly critical look at British society, especially of the period following the end of World War II. He was born in London. Amis explored his disillusionment with British society in novels such asTHAT UNCERTAIN FEELING (1955). His other works include THE GREEN MAN (1970); STANLEY AND THE WOMEN (1984); and THE OLD DEVILS (1986) which won the Booker Prize. Amis also wrote poetry, criticism, and short stories.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A classic of modern humour., 4 Nov 2001
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Lucky Jim is one of Amis's best works, filled with intense humour, false bravado and absurd characters. The 'hero' Jim Dixon, is intially engulfed by the diverse scope of the eccentric social group with which he finds himself into at University, his students and collegues alike causing him no end of problems. Speaking as a student I find the novel to be in parts painfully close to reality, particularly in Jim's dealings with his over-keen student Michie, and the general irreverent nature of university life, despite the fact that it is set over forty years ago, it is still a humourous and well-recorded version of campus life. Overall the main strengths of the novel are its varied cast of characters whose imbecility, social ineptitude or plain naivety constantly amuse the reader throughout, whilst the climax is a fitting end to Jim's trials both socially, intellectually and morally. Deeply funny.
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25 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Lucky Jim....Great!, 9 Aug 2001
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I'm only 14 and until now I've settled for reading military novels by the likes of Andy McNab. Now, however, a whole new world of exciting and funny books has opened up to me! It was just pure luck that I was bored one day and decided to dust off one of my dads old books! There are rumours that the humour in the book is now dated, rubbish! I didn't actually know that it was not present day until they mentioned the war and even then I had to check the publishing date to believe it! The part when Jim goes to the evening of festivities at the Professors,get's drunk and makes a fool of himself is quite simply hilarious!.... Amazing stuff...I'd reccommend it to anybody with a sense of humour.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A true clasic, 30 Jul 2009
I have re-read this so often that I wore out / gave away previous copies. The one I just ordered was a replacement.
The word 'classic ' is over-used, but it really applies to 'Lucky Jim.'
Jim was the first anti-hero and he has been much imitated, but never equalled.
The life of a history lecturer at a redbrick University after the war, 'Lucky Jim' is laugh-out-loud funny. (My spouse objects to my reading it in bed as the bed shakes when I laugh.)
'Lucky Jim' leaps fresh off the page at every re-reading.
Every home should have a copy.
(By the way, avoid like swine flu the film of the same name with Ian Carmichael. It is dreadful.)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic English novel
Sharp observation and effortless, throwaway humour are what make this book the classic it is: some reviewers find it dated, but the light it sheds on attitudes and manners makes... Read more
Published 2 months ago by K

5.0 out of 5 stars My Desert Island book
Contains the best description I've ever read of how not to behave when invited to a flute recital! You'll need to read it for more info. Do it, you won't be disappointed.
Published 3 months ago by Mr. J. P. Russell

5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone should read this book
Hilarious. Classic. Life affirming. Memorable sequences on being drunk and on being hung over. An unfailing tonic when the world seems bleak. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Village Reader

5.0 out of 5 stars Creeps up on you...
This is easily one of the best, funniest books i have ever read. The humour is perfectly excecuted and caught me completely off-guard at various points- it really creeps up on you... Read more
Published 7 months ago by benjab

3.0 out of 5 stars 100 words on Lucky Jim
As a fan of Martin Amis, I sought this out as something of a curiosity. Humour is clearly an Amis family trait, but Kingsley's work is lighter (more accessible) than his son's... Read more
Published 10 months ago by AJ

3.0 out of 5 stars Makes you chuckle
I find it hard to regard this book a classic but its still an enjoyable read. Its starts slowly but nicely with Amis teeing up some well assembled comedic set pieces. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mr. D. Mcguffog

2.0 out of 5 stars The Wrong Time
Its probably the wrong time to be reading this book - to me it comes across as being depressingly old-fashioned. Read more
Published 13 months ago by B. M. Bush

4.0 out of 5 stars Merrie England, Miserable Jim
Jim Dixon is in his first year as a college lecturer and he's been in trouble nearly from the second he arrived... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Craobh Rua

2.0 out of 5 stars Classic Flop?
I first read the thing back in the summer 1975 (I can be sure of the date because it was part of my University set reading - some `wit' had included this on the list of `books to... Read more
Published 16 months ago by A.K.Farrar

3.0 out of 5 stars This is a good read
I'm not altogether sure what attracted me to this novel. I think that I must have caught a clip of the black and white film of the book somewhere in the dim and distant past... Read more
Published 18 months ago by J. C. W. Collins

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