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Lucky Jim
Book • 1954
Published in 1954, 'Lucky Jim' is Kingsley Amis's first novel and follows the academic and romantic struggles of Jim Dixon, a young lecturer in medieval history.
The novel humorously explores themes of social class, intellectual pretension, and personal authenticity as Dixon navigates the absurdities of academia and his tumultuous love life.
The book is known for its vivid satire of post-war British society and academia, and its portrayal of Dixon's rebellious yet trapped existence within the academic system.
It won the 1955 Somerset Maugham Award for fiction and has been included in 'TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005'.
The novel humorously explores themes of social class, intellectual pretension, and personal authenticity as Dixon navigates the absurdities of academia and his tumultuous love life.
The book is known for its vivid satire of post-war British society and academia, and its portrayal of Dixon's rebellious yet trapped existence within the academic system.
It won the 1955 Somerset Maugham Award for fiction and has been included in 'TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005'.
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Dominic Sandbrook in the context of discussing the fashion of young men in the early to mid-1950s.
Dominic Sandbrook in the context of discussing the fashion of young men in the early to mid-1950s.
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363. Sixties Fashion: The Teenage Revolution (Part 1)
Mentioned by Dominic Sandbrook as a source that uses a character's beard to indicate negative personality traits.
Dominic Sandbrook as a source that uses a character's beard to indicate negative personality traits.31 snips
492. The War on Beards: From Peter the Great to John Lennon (Part 2)
Mentioned as a novel that helped cement the author's reputation as an Angry Young Man novelist.
Not All Propaganda is Art 3: The Man Who Was Thursday's Children
Mentioned by Craig Brown in relation to the 70th anniversary of its publication and its depiction of irritability.
Christmas Out Loud I: Katy Balls, Craig Brown, Kate Weinberg, Craig Raine, Lisa Haseldine and Melissa Kite
