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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... parents . ' It was not that she found her parents frightening ; on the contrary , she did not want to upset them because ' they were very mild people . . . I mean , they were much too nice , my parents ' . When Hilly delivered her news ...
... parents . ' It was not that she found her parents frightening ; on the contrary , she did not want to upset them because ' they were very mild people . . . I mean , they were much too nice , my parents ' . When Hilly delivered her news ...
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... parents . On 9 February Amis inaugurated a series of pastiche letters to Larkin . What is striking about these letters is the initial absence of typos , misspellings , exclamation marks , underlinings , capitals or profani- ties . Here ...
... parents . On 9 February Amis inaugurated a series of pastiche letters to Larkin . What is striking about these letters is the initial absence of typos , misspellings , exclamation marks , underlinings , capitals or profani- ties . Here ...
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... parents . Philip's memories are more painful , probably because he was a bit older and more aware of what was going on . They begin with a sense of being abandoned . The parents were frequently away , sometimes for long periods . " They ...
... parents . Philip's memories are more painful , probably because he was a bit older and more aware of what was going on . They begin with a sense of being abandoned . The parents were frequently away , sometimes for long periods . " They ...
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