Lucky Jim

Kathy Miller
Jul 8, 2024
1 min read

Updated: Aug 30, 2025

Kingsley Amis, 1954

Date read: 7/8/24

I almost quit this one about 1/4th the way through because it was not only boring, but painfully second-hand-embarasing. Like Napoleon Dynamite without the funny.

I'm glad I stuck with it because it ended up being an amusing and cute story. I don't know if it's a "classic" but it was a good read.

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