Lucky Jim

Kingsley Amis First published 1998

About this book

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.

Subjects

british and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
college lecturers
college students
college teachers
english literature
fiction
fiction in english
large type books
single men
university life in fiction