I've just finished Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis - it was a good read, certainly kept my attention for a week, but, over nearly 300 pages not much happened. It was all scene setting and character building. Which isn't a bad thing.
I have also go back to Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, which is hailed as one of the best written comedy books ever. I have to say I found it book very dull and not that interesting. I'm only sticking with it because I hate giving up on a book.
Lucky Jim is a little subtle these days and the type of people it pokes fun at are a little obscure to us now, but it contains the prototype hangover paragraph.
I've just finished Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis - it was a good read, certainly kept my attention for a week, but, over nearly 300 pages not much happened. It was all scene setting and character building. Which isn't a bad thing.
I have also go back to Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, which is hailed as one of the best written comedy books ever. I have to say I found it book very dull and not that interesting. I'm only sticking with it because I hate giving up on a book.