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Lucky Jim (Penguin Classics)

by Kingsley Amis

In his send-up of the academic world, the author poked fun at the British way of life, and gave post-war fiction a new and enduring figure to laugh at.

First published in 1954, this novel tells the story of Jim Dixon - lower middle-class anti-hero - charting his social gaffes, cultural philistinism, inept relationships and crawling to superiors. The author's other books include "The Old Devils", which won the 1986 Booker Prize.

The Old Devils

by Kingsley Amis

Stanley and the Women: A Novel

by Kingsley Amis

The Riverside Villas Murder

by Kingsley Amis

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That Uncertain FeelingKingsley Amis

That Uncertain Feeling

by Kingsley Amis

In this vintage Amis novel, a chic socialite cruises like a predator on the prowl. She marks an easy target...John Aneuris Lewis, an assistant librarian, who seems an uncomplicated conquest. But Lewis is both more and less than he appears. Beneath this family-man facade lurks a poet, wit and visionary...also a budding lecher, for we soon find Lewis peering down the front of the socialite's dress. No wonder he... (more)

Difficulties With Girls: A Novel

by Kingsley Amis

Over 25 years ago, Kingsley Amis wrote TAKE A GIRL LIKE YOU, a comedy about a lusty young couple, Patrick and Jenny, each engaged with equal ardor in gaining an opposite goal -- he with getting her into bed, she with staying out of it. They both win. In DIFFICULTIES WITH GIRLS, Jenny and Patrick are back with us. They're older, though not much wiser -- Jenny, devoted but aggrieved; Patrick, boozing and... (more)

Lucky Jim (Essential Penguin)

by Kingsley Amis

Jim has fallen into a job at one of the new red brick universities. A moderately successful future beckons as long as Jim can survive a madrigal-singing weekend, deliver a lecture on "merrie England" and resist Christine, the girlfriend of Professor Welch's son, Bertrand.

Lucky Jim (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Kingsley Amis

Jim Dixon has accidentally fallen into a job at one of Britain's new red brick universities. A moderately successful future in the History Department beckons. As long as Jim can survive a madrigal-singing weekend at Professor Welch's, deliver a lecture on 'Merrie England' and resist Christine, the hopelessly desirable girlfriend of Welch's awful son Bertrand.

Lucky Jim,: A novelKingsley Amis

Lucky Jim,: A novel

by Kingsley Amis

The Green Man

by Kingsley Amis

"Aside from dextrously woven horror and the humor, the book has a fine character study of a self-indulgent man who is literally terrified into assuming his family obligations."

Take a Girl Like You

by Kingsley Amis

A virgin's progress amid orgy and seduction. When attractive little Jenny Bunn comes south to teach, she falls in with Patrick Standish, a schoolmaster, and all the rakes and rogues of a provincial "Hell Fire Club".

Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million

Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million

by Martin Amis

A brilliant weave of personal involvement, vivid biography and political insight, Koba the Dread is the successor to Martin Amis’s award-winning memoir, Experience . Koba the Dread captures the appeal of one of the most powerful belief systems of the 20th century — one that spread through the world, both captivating it and staining it red. It addresses itself to the central lacuna of 20th-century thought:... (more)

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Lucky Jim (Penguin Classics)

by Kingsley Amis

Lucky Jim

by Kingsley Amis

The Old Devils

by Kingsley Amis

Stanley and the Women: A Novel

by Kingsley Amis

The Riverside Villas Murder

by Kingsley Amis

That Uncertain Feeling

by Kingsley Amis

Difficulties With Girls: A Novel

by Kingsley Amis

Lucky Jim (Essential Penguin)

by Kingsley Amis

Lucky Jim (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Kingsley Amis

Lucky Jim,: A novel

by Kingsley Amis

The Green Man

by Kingsley Amis

Take a Girl Like You

by Kingsley Amis

Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million

by Martin Amis