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Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim

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The barriers are down as Jim Dixon takes recovering academic Margaret out on a date.

The barriers are down as junior lecturer Jim Dixon takes recovering academic Margaret out on a date. Satire on university life, read by Martin Jarvis.

Junior lecturer Jim Dixon takes recovering academic Margaret out on a date. Read by Martin Jarvis. 

The all-time classic comic novel of academic life written by Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim lists the fortunes - or rather misfortunes - of Jim Dixon, a man of many faces, most of which don't fit his surroundings. 

Produced and abridged by Pat McLoughlin. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.

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Comic novel of academic life, following the misfortunes of junior lecturer Jim Dixon

Comic novel of academic life, following the misfortunes of junior lecturer Jim Dixon. Read by Martin Jarvis

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