Jim succeeds in making a fool of himself by accidentally knocking down the chair on which the Registrar was about to sit down, and critizing a book written at Welch's suggestion. Although Jim despises his supervisor, Professor Welch, he tries to keep on good terms with him, to ensure the continuation of his job. Jim Dixon works as a lecturer at the history department of a provincial university. The second part of the Twentieth century. Other work by the author: One fat Englishman (1963, novel), The Anti-Death League (1966, novel), Russian Hide & Seek (1980, novel) and The Old Devils (1980, novel). Kingsley belongs to the so-called Angry Young Men, a group of disatisfied writers and poets. Lucky Jim was Kingsley's debut and a great success. After service in World War II, Kingsley became a lecturer in English at the Unverisity College of Swansea. Kingsley Amis was born in London in 1922 and attended the University of Oxford. Jim's ultimate success is the consequence of sheer luck, not character or intelligence. The title is a wry comment on modern values. De taal ervan is Engels en het aantal woorden bedraagt 686 woorden.
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