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Money
by Martin Amis (1984)
★3.55(48)
Like 'Lucky Jim', this offers a biting satire of modern life and its absurdities.
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Changing Places
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Similar to 'Lucky Jim', this novel humorously dissects academic life and its eccentricities.
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Decline and Fall
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As in 'Lucky Jim', this novel uses dark humor to expose the follies of social institutions.
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