Lucky Jim
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Availability via OpenLibrary.
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What this title is working with
- Deadpan
- Forbidden love
- Bureaucratic maze
- Awkward comedy
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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.
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