The Life of Kingsley AmisIn this authorised biography, Zachary Leader argues that Kingsley Amis was not only the finest comic novelist of his generation, but a dominant figure in post-war British writing, as novelist, poet, critic and polemicist. |
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Page 72
... Marlborough £ 2,000 a year for heat , light and maintenance ; it would provide extra cooks for the dining room , at the cost of another £ 2,000 ; and a third £ 2,000 would be set aside for the relief of parents unable to meet boarding ...
... Marlborough £ 2,000 a year for heat , light and maintenance ; it would provide extra cooks for the dining room , at the cost of another £ 2,000 ; and a third £ 2,000 would be set aside for the relief of parents unable to meet boarding ...
Page 79
... Marlborough on a weekend and we'd walk along Marlborough's High Street , singing , humming Mozart all the way down . We were very close . ' He and Amis also got together during the holidays . ' He would come and visit me when we were in ...
... Marlborough on a weekend and we'd walk along Marlborough's High Street , singing , humming Mozart all the way down . We were very close . ' He and Amis also got together during the holidays . ' He would come and visit me when we were in ...
Page 85
... Marlborough , going out one winter's morning To walk to school , I saw that every twig , Every leaf in the vicar's privet hedge And every stalk and stem was covered in A thin layer of ice as clear as glass Because the rain had frozen as ...
... Marlborough , going out one winter's morning To walk to school , I saw that every twig , Every leaf in the vicar's privet hedge And every stalk and stem was covered in A thin layer of ice as clear as glass Because the rain had frozen as ...
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