Author: Kingsley Amis
After reading a bunch of non-fiction, I needed to detox with something light and funny. I was browsing through the Saturday Wall Street journal and there it was. Some famous person had declared “Lucky Jim" as the funniest book he had ever read. Given that Kingsley Amis penned this more than half a century ago, I had no trouble locating a copy in my local library and I was all set.
The book is set in a nondescript College in the UK and Jim Dixon is a newbie lecturer, eager to make tenure. The title is a misnomer, for if anything, I would say that Jim is unlucky. He doesn’t seem to good at anything and stumbles from one mishap to another. Part of the humor is bracing yourself for the disaster as it unfolds. I found myself rooting for Jim and I really wanted to see him victorious. Kingsley Amis’ delivers the punches in the typical British restraint that I find enjoyable.
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