The Life of Kingsley Amis - Zachary Leader

In this, the authorized biography, Zachary Leader argues that Kingsley Amis was not only the finest comic novelist of his generation, but the dominant figure of post-war British writing.

Drawing not only on interviews with a range of Amis's friends, relatives, fellow writers, students and colleagues, many of them never before consulted, but also on almost a thousand previously unpublished letters, Leader's biography will for the first time give a full picture of Amis's childhood, school-days, life as a teacher, critic, polemicist, professional author, husband, father and lover. He explores Amis's fears and phobias, and the role that drink played in his life. And of course he pays due attention to Amis's work.

ISBN: 9780099428428

Pages: 966

Paperback

Vintage, 2007

Fair/Good condition; Spine rounded due to thickness of book; Ownership inscription inside - otherwise clean; Cover some small creases

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