Lucky Jim
(Kingsley Amis)
Jim Dixon is a university history lecturer with a growing feeling that he is not quite in the right place in life, but economically can do nothing about it.Not only that but he finds himself surrounded by people who he would prefer not to be surrounded by. So how is he going to manage to persuade his professor Mr. Welchto recommend that he be kept on in his position after his trial employment period ends? One thing he should do is listen avidly to him, no matter where he is or what he is talking about. To this end he finds himself accepting all manner of week-end and evening invitations from Mr. Welch. This is a difficult thing to put up with as Jim finds him incredibly boring. However by resorting to schoolboy tricks like writing insults in the condensation on the mirror, and having a collection of absurd faces to pull behind his back, the situation is made more tolerable. He meets the neurotic Margaret and although he tries to persuade himself that a relationship with her is the proper and sensible thing to do he ends up wishing he could make a deafening rude noise in her face or shoving a bead up her nose. He finds Johns to be a snitch and Bernard is annoying and hostile. There are upsides to his life though. His friend Atkinson joins forces with him to outwit their richer colleagues and he executes a number of plots to get even with the snitch Johns, giving himself a very satisfactory feeling.Then there`s Christine. Once he gets to know her, she definitely should be his girl and not Bertrand`s - in spite of the looks that old ladies give him on account of their age difference. And maybe his upcoming Merrie England lecture in front of a huge audience including students,senior colleagues and the professor himself will endear him to the higher classes. If you want a good laugh at what a university lecturer and his friends can get up to you will enjoy this book. Jim Dixon finds a way to get even with the people he does not like in a hilarious way.
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