I recently finished reading One Fat Englishman, by Kingsley Amis. It was a decent read – but it was one of those works where my reading plodded along, drawn more by the thought of finishing the book than by anything in it. I did enjoy the study of the main character Roger, especially because he was such a difficult and unpleasant person, and the book had some great lines, mostly of a misanthropic theme … “It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.” That was from page 162 in my volume.

Of course if you are to read anything by Kingsley Amis, read Lucky Jim.