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Sir Kingsley William Amis CBE (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, short stories, radio and television scripts, and works of social and literary criticism .
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Lucky Jim is a novel by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1954 by Victor Gollancz.It was Amis's first novel and won the 1955 Somerset Maugham Award for fiction. The novel follows the academic and romantic tribulations of the eponymous James (Jim) Dixon, a reluctant history lecturer at an unnamed provincial English university.
Anthony Burgess included The Anti-Death League in his 1984 book Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 — A Personal Choice. Amis died in 1995, and his obituaries mention the novel at least in passing. [10] [11] [12] Zachary Leader, in his 2006 book The Life of Kingsley Amis, did no more than summarise his own idea of the subject ...
Pages in category "Books by Kingsley Amis" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. The Book of Bond; J.
Robert Markham is a pseudonym used by author Kingsley Amis to publish Colonel Sun in March 1968. The book was the first continuation James Bond novel following the death of Bond's creator, Ian Fleming .