![]() ![]() He is trapped in the social orbit of the Welches, whom he loathes, and it is upon the Professor’s set that Mr. For him it is no more than a running duel with his superior, Professor Welch, a continual speculation as to whether he will be dropped at the year’s end or continued on probation for another year. “The academic life is sketched in a kind of hilarious hatred through Dixon’s eyes. He is a medievalist solely because the course had been a soft touch in his own college days, and when he applied for a job ‘it looked better to be interested in something specific.’ Amis’ protagonist, is an amiable and irreverent opportunist who has found himself, after the war, in the improbable role of an instructor in medieval history in a minor British college. ![]()
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