Lucky Jim

Jim Dixon is a medieval history lecturer at a Red brick university in the English Midlands. He has made an unsure start and towards the end of the academic year is concerned about losing his probationary position in the department. In his attempt to be awarded tenure, he tries to maintain a good relationship with his absent-minded head of department, Professor Welch. He must also, to establish his credentials, ensure the publication of his first scholarly article but eventually discovers that the editor to whom he submitted it has translated the article into Italian and passed it off as his own.