{"product_id":"9780241956847","title":"Lucky Jim","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Amis, Kingsley | Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945) \u003cbr\u003ePublished 05\/04\/2012 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of the Penguin Essentials series \u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e180 x 113 x 17mm | 156g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as a mausoleum. During the night, too, he'd somehow been on a cross-country run and then been expertly beaten up by secret police. He felt bad.'Jix Dixon has a terrible job at a second-rate university. His life is full of things he could happily do without: the tedious and ridiculous Professor Welch, a neurotic and unstable girlfriend, Margaret, burnt sheets, medieval recorder music and over-enthusiastic students. If he can just deliver a lecture on 'Merrie England', a moderately successful career surely awaits him. But without luck, life is never simple . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57452746801527,"sku":"9780241956847","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9780241956847.jpg?v=1789226175","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780241956847","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}