Todd's review
Lucky Jim (Penguin Classics)
by Kingsley Amis
Todd's review
Lucky Jim (Penguin Classics) by Kingsley Amis
Todd's review
rating:
recommended for: witty literate folk
One of the funniest books i've read in a while. At first it took me a while to get used to his style - his dialogue and descriptions are really incredible, as is his cynical tone, but some of the passages seem to really move slowly - like molasses slow. It took me about two weeks to read it, and it's only 250 pages. I don't like to think of books as challenges, because it sounds like a fourth grade librarian trying to make me read, but this book was definitely rewarding.
I saw that someone quoted his hangover description, which was great, but my favorite quote is from a scene where Dixon is worrying about finding a job - "What job? Whose office? Shut up."
People keep calling this a great "Campus Novel", and that sounds so unnecessary, but I think Pnin is a little bit more campus-y. They're both great books.
I saw that someone quoted his hangover description, which was great, but my favorite quote is from a scene where Dixon is worrying about finding a job - "What job? Whose office? Shut up."
People keep calling this a great "Campus Novel", and that sounds so unnecessary, but I think Pnin is a little bit more campus-y. They're both great books.
