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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... wife , ' very generous and always available ' . He was also a big drinker , by some accounts an alcoholic , and his marriage was rocky . His wife Jean , who came from a relatively wealthy family and went to Vassar , had married John in ...
... wife , ' very generous and always available ' . He was also a big drinker , by some accounts an alcoholic , and his marriage was rocky . His wife Jean , who came from a relatively wealthy family and went to Vassar , had married John in ...
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... wives . ' Scratch a man and find a child.'s This view is shared by the wife of the Secretary , who sees through the society from the start . As her husband explains , her view was that I was the kind of person who enjoyed planning and ...
... wives . ' Scratch a man and find a child.'s This view is shared by the wife of the Secretary , who sees through the society from the start . As her husband explains , her view was that I was the kind of person who enjoyed planning and ...
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... wife , but then he finds out she's really a nasty wife all the time . She's a writer , but he's not you see . Ha ha ha ha ha ha . ' Soon after Jane left him , Amis began turning her into a comic character in his correspondence , as he ...
... wife , but then he finds out she's really a nasty wife all the time . She's a writer , but he's not you see . Ha ha ha ha ha ha . ' Soon after Jane left him , Amis began turning her into a comic character in his correspondence , as he ...
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