Alex Ankarr answers “Why do people like this book? I'm only up...”

Paul Donovan asked this question about Lucky Jim:

Why do people like this book? I'm only up to chapter 5, but the main character is a real prat. He is crude and self-obsessed. How are we supposed to empathise with his plight or hope he will succeed when he is so unlikeable?

Alex Ankarr I would not care about this one bit if it was funny. Not one damn laugh worth having in the whole entire book. Amis could write - his short stories ar…moreI would not care about this one bit if it was funny. Not one damn laugh worth having in the whole entire book. Amis could write - his short stories are pretty sharp, and he's fun when he plays with genre. But this is awful.(less)

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