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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... Robin and his parents visit their neighbours , the Carpenters , Robin meets their son , Jeremy , who is down from Cambridge for the weekend . Robin is invited to visit Jeremy's room and inspect his books and records ( this is the scene ...
... Robin and his parents visit their neighbours , the Carpenters , Robin meets their son , Jeremy , who is down from Cambridge for the weekend . Robin is invited to visit Jeremy's room and inspect his books and records ( this is the scene ...
Page 81
... Robin Davies to Wales , invites Robin out to lunch , fills him with Château - Latour 1924 , takes him for a ride in his sports car and then for a stroll on ' the top of a slope above a gentle valley'.32 Robin and Jeremy sit down on the ...
... Robin Davies to Wales , invites Robin out to lunch , fills him with Château - Latour 1924 , takes him for a ride in his sports car and then for a stroll on ' the top of a slope above a gentle valley'.32 Robin and Jeremy sit down on the ...
Page 104
... Robin's selfishness , but only as a contributing factor . Nancy puts the truth to Robin at the novel's end : ' I remember you said , when Tilly was just a baby , you said Lawrence's motto was just It's all right when I do it , without ...
... Robin's selfishness , but only as a contributing factor . Nancy puts the truth to Robin at the novel's end : ' I remember you said , when Tilly was just a baby , you said Lawrence's motto was just It's all right when I do it , without ...
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