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Definitely feels like someone's first novel, Amis has a lot of prosaic talent, but he doesn't seem to know what he wants to say. Even worse, at first, he doesn't have anything to say at all: the beginning of Lucky Jim feels like Confederacy of Dunces England Edition: everyone is dumb and I hate everyone, just expressed with a bit more panache.
But, Amis's dialogic scenes gradually grow more compelling and less vapid throughout the story. He still doesn't know what he wants to say, but he's gettin ...more
But, Amis's dialogic scenes gradually grow more compelling and less vapid throughout the story. He still doesn't know what he wants to say, but he's gettin ...more
Feb 08, 2016
Laila
marked it as to-read
