The protagonist has his paper on 15thcentury shipbuilding techniques stolen by a Professor Caton, and he tries to arrange for the three prettiest girls to take his special (*) lecture by giving Michie the slip.
One character in this novel has an annoying habit of ending words with "-am"instead of an "-ee" sound. Another character in this novel impersonates Mr. Beesleyof the Evening Post for a phone interview with a painter. The protagonist steals Mr.Barclay's taxi to take one love interest home, while another girlfriend had attemptedsuicide when dumped by (+) Catchpole. The protagonist has his paper on 15thcentury shipbuilding techniques stolen by a Professor Caton, and he tries to arrange for the three prettiest girls to take his special (*) lecture by giving Michie the slip. That adversary of Bertrand wins the affection of Christine after being fired for giving a drunken lecture on Merrie England. For ten points, name this novel about the junior faculty member Mr. Dixon written by Kingsley Amis.
One character in this novel has an annoying habit of ending words with "-am"instead of an "-ee" sound.
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