That Uncertain FeelingA chic socialite cruises like a predator on the prowl. She marks an easy target... John Aneuris Lewis, an assistant librarian, who seems an uncomplicated conquest. But Lewis is both more and less than he appears. Beneath this family-man facade lurks a poet, wit and visionary...also a budding lecher, for we soon find Lewis peering down the front of the socialite's dress. No wonder he has that uncertain feeling...he's looking into a bottomless pit! |
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Kingsley Amis. Chapter 1 " The Bevan ticket , " I said , " has expired , and will have to be renewed . " The middle - aged woman put a hand to her miter - like hat and frowned across the counter at me . After some time , she said : " Mrs ...
Kingsley Amis. Chapter 1 " The Bevan ticket , " I said , " has expired , and will have to be renewed . " The middle - aged woman put a hand to her miter - like hat and frowned across the counter at me . After some time , she said : " Mrs ...
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Kingsley Amis. me : the squeaking of shoe leather , a fairly loud grumble of voices , the thud of a book replaced on the wrong shelf or dropped . Quite a long way away to my left a date stamp thumped intermittently . I wet the ring ...
Kingsley Amis. me : the squeaking of shoe leather , a fairly loud grumble of voices , the thud of a book replaced on the wrong shelf or dropped . Quite a long way away to my left a date stamp thumped intermittently . I wet the ring ...
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Kingsley Amis. kitchen door into an obstacle as impassable as an antitank ditch . So the struggle had begun . After a time the combatants had narrowed down to Mrs. Davies on one side and me on the other . Jean's timidity soon ruled her ...
Kingsley Amis. kitchen door into an obstacle as impassable as an antitank ditch . So the struggle had begun . After a time the combatants had narrowed down to Mrs. Davies on one side and me on the other . Jean's timidity soon ruled her ...
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