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Kingsley Amis was born on 16 April 1922 in Clapham, south London, the only child of William Robert Amis (1889–1963), a clerk – "quite an important one, fluent in Spanish and responsible for exporting mustard to South America" – for the mustard manufacturer Colman's in the City of London, [3] and his wife Rosa Annie (née Lucas).
"What slightly spoils this diatribe, however, is that to prepare for it I went back to Kingsley Amis’s novels and enjoyed myself more than was convenient for my purposes. Jake’s Thing , for instance, famously rancid with misogyny, turns out, on re-reading, to be surprisingly tender in parts, and intensely moving on the humiliations of ...
THE COUNTDOWN: Our chief books critic Martin Chilton chooses his very best reads of the year, ... The 20 best books of the year, ranked. Martin Chilton. December 14, 2024 at 6:56 AM.
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.
I set a goal to transform 50 percent of my body weight into muscle within a year. So, I took Orangetheory circuit training classes three times a week, working on both strength training and cardio.
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