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Memoirs
Kingsley Amis
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Description for Memoirs
Paperback. Kingsley Amis's memoirs are filled with anecdotes, experiences and portraits of famous friends, family, acquaintances. From his childhood days to Oxford and army life, his travels abroad and his years as a successful novelist, this work offers insights into a unique literary life. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
Elegant, provocative and hugely entertaining, Kingsley Amis's memoirs are filled with anecdotes, experiences and portraits of famous friends, family, acquaintances (and a few eminent foes). From his childhood days to Oxford and army life, his travels abroad and his years as a successful novelist, Memoirs offers extraordinary insights into a unique literary life.
Elegant, provocative and hugely entertaining, Kingsley Amis's memoirs are filled with anecdotes, experiences and portraits of famous friends, family, acquaintances (and a few eminent foes). From his childhood days to Oxford and army life, his travels abroad and his years as a successful novelist, Memoirs offers extraordinary insights into a unique literary life.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099461067
SKU
V9780099461067
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-43
About Kingsley Amis
Kingsley Amis was born in south London in 1922 and was educated at the City of London School and St John's College, Oxford. After the publication of Lucky Jim in 1954, Kingsley Amis wrote over twenty novels, including The Alteration, winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, The Old Devils, winner of the Booker Prize in 1986, and The Biographer's Moustache, which was to be his last book. He also wrote on politics, education, language, films, television, restaurants and drink. Kingsley Amis was awarded the CBE in 1981 and received a knighthood in 1990. He died in October 1995.
Reviews for Memoirs
Endlessly entertaining... Good, rollicking stuff, and a delight to read... Sir Kingsley Amis is surely one of the funniest men alive
Sunday Telegraph
Horribly enjoyable... The chief feeling is shame at laughing quite so much
Independent on Sunday
Kingsley Amis's funniest book since Lucky Jim. It's humour is heart-warmingly malicious
Sunday Times
He is nasty about people that have amply deserved it one way or the other; he deflates pretension; he exposes doublethink...he also excels in hailing poets and truepennies
Guardian
Amis can be sharp and even brutal as well as funny and indiscreet...he has evidently written Memoirs with relish
Sunday Telegraph
Sunday Telegraph
Horribly enjoyable... The chief feeling is shame at laughing quite so much
Independent on Sunday
Kingsley Amis's funniest book since Lucky Jim. It's humour is heart-warmingly malicious
Sunday Times
He is nasty about people that have amply deserved it one way or the other; he deflates pretension; he exposes doublethink...he also excels in hailing poets and truepennies
Guardian
Amis can be sharp and even brutal as well as funny and indiscreet...he has evidently written Memoirs with relish
Sunday Telegraph