num_pages: 256
description: First published in 1954, this novel tells the story of Jim Dixon - lower middle-class anti-hero - charting his social gaffes, cultural philistinism, inept relationships and crawling to superiors. The author's other books include "The Old Devils", which won the 1986 Booker Prize.
language: English
title: Lucky Jim
titlecomplete: Lucky Jim
characters: Margaret Peel, Professor Welch, Jim Dixon, Christine Callaghan
genres: 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Comedy, Classics, British Literature, Fiction, Humor, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 29245
awards: awardedAt: -473356800000
name: Somerset Maugham Award
publisher: Penguin Books