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Jim Dixon as Marginalia
It has taken me about a week to read the 11-page-long first chapter of James Longenbach’s The Resistance to Poetry, which is shameful and absurd (my procrastinating, not the chapter itself). It’s one… more →
Withering Bites
On Kingsley Amis
wrote 1 month ago: Kingsley Amis, the English novelist, famed drinker and father of Martin, published twenty-three nove … more →
In which Netty has a not-so-lucky encounter with Lucky Jim ...
wrote 1 month ago: I’ve recently embarked on a bit of a physical cull of my abode – an autumn clean, if you will – invo … more →
No in italics.
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wrote 1 month ago: “Oh Dixon, can I have a word with you?” To its recipient, this was the most dreadful of … more →
Lucky Jim - Andy finally gets around to the other Amis
wrote 2 months ago: … and is very pleasantly surprised. My lit lecturer (one of them) hated Kingsley Amis. Also Pa … more →
Commonplace: Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim
wrote 2 months ago: “Dixon was alive again. Consciousness was upon him before he could get out of the way; not for … more →
Adventures in Interdisciplinary Land, 4: "The Book that Changed my Life"
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wrote 2 months ago: [Note: A couple of years before I retired, our energetic new high-school librarian proposed that in … more →
Life: Hangover edition
wrote 3 months ago: “His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mau … more →
Day 239: Lucky Jim
wrote 4 months ago: I hate to use the word “hapless” two days in a row, but here goes. Hapless Jim Dixon is … more →
ElCicco #CBR4 review #42: Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
wrote 7 months ago: Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis is a good choice for fans of Brit lit in the vein of P.G. Wodehouse and J … more →
Amis and Larkin: Hate in a cold climate
wrote 7 months ago: Kingsley Amis’ novel Lucky Jim has its origins in his intense and competitive friendship with Philip … more →
Amis
wrote 7 months ago: “If you can’t annoy somebody, there is little point in writing.” ― Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim … more →
Slows to a stop then starts again...
wrote 8 months ago: So, I’m thinking about going back on internet dating. How do they do this on Twitter? #Failure … more →
thirty for thirty
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wrote 8 months ago: I know, I know, this kind of list is really old. But then, I’m the big three-ooooold today, so … more →
The Hangover
wrote 8 months ago: The following is the best account of a hangover that has ever been put to page. It represents the fi … more →
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
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wrote 8 months ago: ‘Lucky Jim’ by Kingsley Amis tells the story of James Dixon, (a character supposedly ins … more →
Australia '12
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wrote 9 months ago: Last month my parents and I rambled around Australia, visiting my sisters who are studying there, wh … more →
Kids Judge Books by their Covers #1 Lucky Jim
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wrote 10 months ago: It’s the school summer holidays, hurrah! Groan! For children who are blessed (and cursed) with a slo … more →
Bit of a headache, you know
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wrote 10 months ago: “Dixon was alive again. Consciousness was upon him before he could get out of the way; not for … more →
The Godfather: Peter Corris on books into film
wrote 11 months ago: ‘The film wasn’t as good as the book.’ How often have you heard it? The phrase set me thinking that … more →
