I Want It Now.

I liked "Lucky Jim" so much that I took out a few other Kingsley Amis books from the library, including this one, which I did not enjoy as much. This novel about a striving TV commentator eager to hitch himself to a young girl who is surly and perhaps even nuts to get her money gives Amis plenty of ammunition to lob at the shallowness of TV programming, battles among the rich for status, and the lengths people will go to for power and money.

I enjoyed the tale more as it neared its conclusion, as the main characters reveal themselves to be much more likable and full-bodied than they first appeared.