by Kingsley Amis · Penguin Books · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9780141046716
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Lucky Jim, the acclaimed novel by Kingsley Amis, is a hilarious satire of British university life. Jim Dixon, a bored medieval history lecturer, faces the humiliations of bourgeois society and an unbearable girlfriend as he tries to survive the demands of Professor Welch. Published in 1954, this British post-war masterpiece remains a must-read for those seeking intelligent and insightful comedy.
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.
