Buy this book on-line Jacobs, Eric : Kingsley Amis A BiographySt. Martin's Press, New York, 1998 ISBN 0312186029
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Kingsley Amis arrived on the English literary scene with the publication of his classic novel Lucky Jim in 1954, and few writers since have provoked such wildly disparate degrees of laughter, admiration, and contempt in the reading public. For better or worse, Amis was known almost as much for his personality as for his work as a novelist-for his outspoken nature (one columnist called him "a literary Rottweiler"), his unfashionable praise for Thatcherism, and his devotion to whiskey-and in this, the only authorized biography of Amis, Eric Jacobs skilfully captures that personality with sympathetic detail and healthy doses of Amisian wit. Amis's life was in turns both tragic and triumphant, and from it Jacobs manages to spin a narrative that mirrors the sprightliness and originality of his subject's work. Crisp copy looks unread 394p.+ plates [B & W] bibliography, index.. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Near Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Jacobs, Eric : Kingsley Amis: A Biography. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including antiquarian books, livres anciens, fine bindings, livres illustrées and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |