Humour that Faded
Kingsley Amis
I’d heard this was a classic of “academic life” literature that had an influence on later writers of that genre. But there is quite a dated feel about this. Many passages, especially dialogue, play out like a 1950s movie, with snappy but unnatural conversations and retorts. The humor was not as evident to me as it might have been back in the day. It relied a lot on the antics of the main character, whom for me was just an immature prat.
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