Fictus Interruptus

Though I'm really enjoying Sinclair Lewis' short story collection Go East, Young Man right now, on October 22nd I will be temporarily setting it aside to start Kingsley Amis' renowned comic novel, Lucky Jim. The book has been on my shelf for a few years now, and I recently learned that Amis died on October 22, 1995, so that seemed like the perfect day to start reading what is considered his masterpiece. (Perfect, even if I'm already reading another book at the time - and anyway, story collections are easy to set aside and return to later.) And if that goes well, my next Amis will probably be Everyday Drinking, a collection of his alcohol-related newspaper columns which Maud Newton admired recently.