by Kingsley Amis · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780241956847
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Lucky Jim, the acclaimed novel by Kingsley Amis, is a hilarious satire on academic life. The protagonist, Jim Dixon, is a history lecturer at a second-rate university who feels trapped in a tedious job and an unsatisfying relationship. The novel follows his misadventures as he attempts to navigate the complexities of university life and avoid ridicule. With its biting humor and sharp observation of post-war British society, Lucky Jim is a masterpiece of comedy that continues to delight readers of all generations.
Sir Kingsley William Amis was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, short stories, radio and television scripts, and works of social and literary criticism. He is best known for satirical comedies such as Lucky Jim (1954), One Fat Englishman (1963), Ending Up (1974), Jake's Thing (1978) and The Old Devils (1986). His biographer Zachary Leader called Amis "the finest English comic novelist of the second half of the twentieth century." In 2008, The Times ranked him ninth on a list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. He was the father of the novelist Martin Amis. Amis was knighted in 1990.
