Helen Dunmore
...on the humour and cruel satire of Kingsley Amis...
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
“I love this book. I think if I had another incarnation as a writer, to be a comic writer would give me a lot of pleasure. This is one of the fnniest books I have ever read, and it works every time. I’ve read it many times in the course of my life – it’s brutal too – I love th4e way no holds ar barred for Kinsley Amis: if he wants to cruelly satirise his father-in-law, he does it. It’s beautifully judged and perfectly constructed.”
