by Hart, James
First published 2017
Jim Dixon is a hapless lecturer at a provincial English university, trapped in a world of academic egos and petty bureaucracy. When he's not fending off the demands of his insufferable department head, he's struggling to keep up appearances for his girlfriend's smug intellectual family. As Jim's patience wears thin, he'll stop at nothing to preserve his fragile sense of self-worth, even if it means sabotaging his own future. This deliciously funny takedown of middlebrow mores is a riotous portrait of one man's battle against the forces of conformity.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, 20th-century, contemporary, adult-fiction, comedy, academia, academic
Vibes: dark, humorous, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, underdog
Setting: England, United Kingdom
Period: 20th Century
264 pages · Kindle Edition · Cleis Press