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Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim
Author: Kingsley Amis
A hilarious satire about college life and high class manners, this is a classic of postwar English literature. — Regarded by many as the finest, and funniest, comic novel of the twentieth century, Lucky Jim remains as trenchant, withering, and eloquently misanthropic as when it first scandalized readers in 1954. This is...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780965025560
ISBN-10: 096502556X
Publication Date: 1954
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Doubleday Company, Inc.
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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My nominee for the funniest book in the English language. Very British. Follows the short career of a professor hoping for a permanent job and fouling up royally. First 10 pp. or so off-putting, but if you survive those, it's golden.
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This is a darling book. A book club was recommending "books that make you laugh" and this was on it. It was written decades ago, and it witty and fun to read.
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One of the funniest books I've read, with a wry appreciation of the trouble people can get themselves into. I believe it is considered a classic.


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