{"product_id":"lucky-jim-kingsley-amis","title":"Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brilliantly and preposterously funny book'\u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'A flawless comic novel ... I loved it then, as I do now. It has always made me laugh out loud' Helen Dunmore, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJim 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 stave off the unwelcome advances of fellow lecturer Margaret, 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. Inspired by Amis's friend, the poet Philip Larkin, Jim Dixon is a timeless comic character, adrift in a hopelessly gauche and pretentious world, in a witty campus novel that skewers the hypocrisies and vanities of 1950s academic life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith an introduction by David Lodge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKingsley Amis\u003c\/b\u003e's (1922-1995) works take a humorous yet highly critical look at British society, especially in the period following the end of the Second World War. Born in London, Amis explored his disillusionment in novels such as \u003ci\u003eThat Uncertain Feeling\u003c\/i\u003e (1955). His other works include \u003ci\u003eThe Green Man \u003c\/i\u003e(1970), \u003ci\u003eStanley and the Women\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), and \u003ci\u003eThe Old Devils \u003c\/i\u003e(1986), which won the Booker Prize. Amis also wrote poetry, criticism and short stories. He received a knighthood in 1990.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 272 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65812948648285,"sku":"K014109157","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1410915700001A.jpg?v=1788535255","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/lucky-jim-kingsley-amis","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}