Lucky Jim

Jim Dixon is a fantastic character. He is a history teacher at some outback university, yet he studied in a grammar school. He tries to step up the ladders of class in society so he takes part in high society gatherings, yet he would much rather escape to a bar and get wasted. He somehow gets into trouble but is a master of somehow getting out of it.

I should think this book captures something very real about the 1950s and it makes you smile why doing it.