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Lucky Jim
by Kingsley Amis
ISBN: 0140186301
ISBN-13: 9780140186307
Format: Paperback
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Summary
This best-selling comic novel by Kingsley Amis, one of the "Angry Young Men" who came to prominence in the early 1950s, describes the frustrations met by Jim Dixon, a lecturer at a provincial British university, in his academic and private life. Approaching middle age and as yet unpublished, untenured, and unattached, Dixon needs most of all to impress Professor Welch, his department head, but is more concerned with winning over Christine, the beautiful girlfriend of Welch's obnoxious son, Bertrand. Immensely popular when first published in 1955, LUCKY JIM influenced an entire school of academic novelists, from David Lodge to A.N. Wilson.
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"I do not remember having laughed so much at a funny book as I have at Lucky Jim." -- John Betjeman
"He was writing in a new and fresh way-it's a great comedy. He absolutely captured the tone of the times..." -- Malcolm Bradbury
"Written with the cool, detached, sardonic style which is the trademark of the British satirical novelist, 'Lucky Jim' is funny in something approaching the Wodehouse vein, but it cuts a bit deeper." -- Edmund Fuller
-- New York Times
"A highly unusual first novel by a young English writer who is endowed with, and in control of, more than his share of talent, humor, and human sympathy."
-- New Yorker
"Mr. Amis has enough understanding of the importance and mechanism of social comedy to make his book not only very promising but also extremely enjoyable in its own right."
-- Times Literary Supplement
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Published date: 1993
Size: 5 x 7.75 inches
Weight: 0.45 pounds
Publisher's Notes
A young Englishman embarks on a humorous crusade against traditional class structures.
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Lucky Jim (Penguin Classics)
Kingsley Amis; Introduction-David Lodge
Penguin Classics, 1993-09-01. Paperback. Good. Cover has creases. 718-33 ( more information) Offered by Shopcents (United States)
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Lucky Jim
Amis, Kingsley
New York, New York: Penguin Group USA, 1993 Light wear/scuffing to cover, minor edgewear, lightly bumped corners and spine. Tanning of page edges.. Trade Paperback. Good. ( more information) Offered by Court Ave. Books (United States)
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Lucky Jim
Amis, Kingsley
E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Penguin USA, 1993. A gently read once copy in the Penguin Classics series with an introduction by David Lodge,. Soft Cover. Fine. ( more information) Offered by TransAtlantic Books (United States)
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Lucky Jim (Penguin Classics) (Qty: 12)
Amis, Kingsley
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Lucky Jim (Penguin Classics)
Amis, Kingsley
Penguin Classics. Paperback. 0140186301 PB1B. Binding tight and square. No marks. Price tag on rear cover. . Very Good. 9/1/1993. ( more information) Offered by Best Bookshelf (United States)
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Amis, Kingsley
Penguin Classics. PAPERBACK. 0140186301 light shelf wear / edge wear cover / pages very good condition//"Buy with Confidence - Satisfaction Guaranteed! Customer Service Makes All the Difference." . Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Selahs Books (United States)
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Lucky Jim (Penguin Classics)
Kingsley Amis; Introduction-David Lodge
Penguin Classics, 1993-09-01. Paperback. Like New. Clean copy! No highlighting or underlining! Gently read once! You're gonna love this book! ( more information) Offered by Audreys Books (United States)
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Lucky Jim (Qty: 53)
Amis, Kingsley, and Lodge, David (Introduction by)
Penguin Books. New. All items are BRAND NEW. Delivery Confirmation provided with shipping confirmation email. Fast Response to all emails. ( more information) Offered by Movies With A Smile, Inc. (United States)
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Lucky Jim
Amis, Kingsley
Lucky Jim. Soft cover. Good. Text clean, no marks or inscrips. ISBN:0140186301. KINGSLEY AMIS GENERAL FICTION. ( more information) Offered by MMK Books (Canada)
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Lucky Jim (Twentieth-Century Classics)
Amis, Kingsley; Lodge, David
1968. Soft Cover. ISBN:0140186301. 1968 .Paperback, For the price you say, I locate out of print and hard to find books, at no obligation. Email a list of authors and/or titles.. ( more information) Offered by Victory Books (United States)
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Amis, Kingsley
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AMIS, KINGSLEY
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Kingsley Amis; Introduction-David Lodge
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Amis, Kingsley
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