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Although Kingsley Amis's acid satire of postwar British academic life has lost some of its bite in the four decades since it was published, it's still a rewarding read. And there's no denying how big an impact it had back then--Lucky Jim could be considered the first shot in the Oxbridge salvo that brought us Beyond the Fringe, That Was the Week That Was, and so much more.
In Lucky Jim, Amis introduces us to Jim Dixon, a junior lecturer at a British college who spends his days fending off the legions of malevolent twits that populate the school. His job is in constant danger, often for good reason. Lucky Jim hits the heights whenever Dixon tries to keep a preposterous situation from spinning out of control, which is every three pages or so. The final example of this--a lecture spewed by a hideously pickled Dixon--is a chapter's worth of comic nirvana. The book is not politically correct (Amis wasn't either), but take it for what it is, and you won't be disappointed.
2017 FOREWORD REVIEWS INDIE GOLD MEDAL WINNER FOR HUMOR NOVEL OF THE YEAR!
A Southern librarian fights back when the city cuts off funding for her library in this funny, angry book from award-winning author Michael Guillebeau.
Publishers Weekly said, “Guillebeau blends humor and mystery perfectly in this comic thriller… Guillebeau keeps things light with frequent laugh-out-loud lines.”
They weren’t alone. Other reviewers said:
Džeklina Sūzena
Mana dārgā Džozefīne
Un uzlēca jauna zvaigzne. Bieži vien, kad es ar zvaigzni pastaigājos Centrālparkā, pie mums pienāca cilvēki un jautāja: — Vai šī ir tā Džozefine? — Es palocīju galvu, zvaigzne paluncināja ašteli. (Viņa slavu panesa cēli… svešus suņus un cilvēkus allaž sveicināja nepiespiesti burvīgi.) ,
Tiklīdz es apsēdos pie rakstāmmašīnas un sāku rakstīt, Džozefine bija pārliecinātā, ka rakstīšanai ir kāds sakars ar viņu. Es ar piespiešanos uzdrošinājos atzīties, ka "Leļļu ieleja" nav turpinājums grāmata par Džozetīni. Uzzinājusi patiesību, viņa tomēr to neņēma ļaunā. kad es sāku rakstīt "Mīlas mašīnu", viņai vairs nebija šaubu šoreiz tam jābūt turpinājumam par viņu, jo tik daudz, taču es saprotu kopš "Manas dārgās Džozefines" iznākšanas. Viņa ir cirpusies skaistumkopšanas salonā ar Viktoriju Niksoni — mazu, melnu šuneli (Protams, ar Niksoniem mani iepazīstināja Džozefīne
pirmoreiz šī grāmata iznāca 1963.gada 14. novembri.
No angļu valodas tulkojusi Helmā Lapiņa
Noskannējis grāmatu un failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis
Māksliniece Juta Tīrona Edgara Švanka grafiskais noformējums
© Helma Lapiņa, tulkojums latviešu valodā, 1994
© Juta Tīrona, vāka zīmējums, 1994
© Edgars Svanks, grafiskais noformējums, 1994
На основе экой книги был сделан одноимённый телесериал.
Если коротко, то о двух офицерах по призыву. Полтора года в полевом госпитале на корейской войне.
Before the movie, this is the novel that gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O'Reilly, and the rest of the gang that made the 4077th MASH like no other place in Korea or on earth.
The doctors who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained but, like most soldiers sent to fight a war, too young for the job. In the words of the author, "a few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees."
For fans of the movie and the series alike, here is the original version of that perfectly corrupt football game, those martini-laced mornings and sexual escapades, and that unforgettable foray into assisted if incompleted suicide — all as funny and poignant now as they were before they became a part of America's culture and heart.
Hacia fines de los años veinte, Puerto Alegre, capital de la isla caribeña de Arepa, se convierte en centro de una conpiración fraguada entre mármoles, gobelinos y peleas de gallos, al ritmo de congas, bodolques, atabales y rungas. Se trata de matar a un viejo león, cuando se dispone a reelegirse por quinta vez jugándose el As de proponer la creación de la presidencia vitalicia. Las circunstancias, sin embargo, obligan al partido Moderado y al promisorio junior arepano Pepe Cussirat, elegido como candidato oposicionista, a cambiar de planes. Tras varios intentos frustrados de magnicidio, resulta que el revuelo no ha sido en vano, como se descubre en el inesperado desenlace de esta novela.
Parodia de una cualquiera de las dictaduras que han asolado los países de Latinoamérica, Maten al león destaca como la única comedia dentro de lo que es ya un subgénero de la novelística hispanoamericana.
Kurzbeschreibung
Schnäppchen – Schnuller – Shoppingtüten!
Becky Brandon, geborene Bloomwood, hatte sich ihr Dasein als Mutter leichter vorgestellt. Die zweijährige Minnie ist tatsächlich ein sehr lebhaftes, willensstarkes Kind – man könnte sie auch als Teufelsbraten bezeichnen. Ihr Lieblingswort ist »Meins!«, und eine Vorliebe für Markenartikel ist nicht zu übersehen. Woher sie das nur hat? Becky jedenfalls kauft angesichts der Krise nur noch das Notwendigste – Handtaschen, Schuhe, Spielsachen für Minnie ... auch die Firma ihres Mannes leidet unter der Wirtschaftslage, und um Luke aufzuheitern, plant Becky heimlich eine Party zu dessen Geburtstag. Inzwischen soll die aus dem Fernsehen bekannte »Nanny Sue« aus Minnie einen Gemüse liebenden Wonneproppen machen. Kann das alles gutgehen?
Pressestimmen
„Unterhaltung in wunderbarer Vollendung: eine liebenswerte Heldin, seitenweise Spaß und die enorm wohltuende Gewissheit, dass wir hemmungslosen Shopaholics nicht allein auf der Welt sind.“ (Sunday Independent )
»Sophie Kinsella ist die Königin der romantischen Komödie! Ihre Figuren haben genau die richtige Dosis liebenswerter Schrullen.« (New York Post )
Jeremy Clarkson gets under the skin of 12 countries by looking at the cars people drive and how they drive them. Hilarious travel writing.
“Mrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies” (1904) — short story by Jerome Klapka Jerome from collection titled “The Passing of the Third Floor Back: and Other Stories”.
