Lucky Jim
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256 pages
Amis’s debut novel, published in 1954, is a satire on academia. The protagonist is a bored and disinterested history lecturer at a provincial university, trapped in a joyless and sexless relationship with a depressive fellow lecturer. The book immediately elevated Amis to fame as one of the leading writers of his generation.
ISBN: 9789754706802
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Christopher Hitchens
Author"[The author managed] to synthesize the comic achievements of Evelyn Waugh and P. G. Wodehouse."