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Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis

13th August 2024 Going Postal 0

Lucky Jim was (Sir) Kingsley Amis’s first novel published in 1954. It is the funniest novel that I have read I think, and contains many genuinely laugh out loud passages. Amis was inspired to write [more…]

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