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Rare and modern books

Amis,Kingsley

Memoirs

Summit Books, 1991

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Year of publication
1991
ISBN
0671749099
Place of printing
New York
Author
Amis,Kingsley
Publishers
Summit Books
Edition
1st US Edition
Keyword
ENGLISH LITERATURE AUTHORS KINGSLEY AMIS JOHN BETJEMAN MARGARET, THATCHER PHILIP LARKIN ANTHONY POWELL FRANCIS BACON TERRY THOMAS, BRAINE ROBERT GRAVES MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE PETER QUENNELL ARNOLD, WESKER TOYNBEE ROALD DAHL ENOCH BURGESS TOM DRIBERG LEO ROSTEN A
Cover description
New
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
As New
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

"As Sir Kingsley writes in his preface, these memoirs 'depend largely on a good memory for anecdotes and anecdotal detail. ' The book describes Amis's family in South London, his schooldays, Oxford, his joining the Army midway through the war, Swansea, Cambridge, and his decision to leave the academic world to become a full-time writer. " There are chapters on an number of prominent people he knew : John Betjeman Margaret Thatcher Philip Larkin Anthony Powell Francis Bacon Terry Thomas John Braine Robert Graves Malcolm Muggeridge Peter Quennell Arnold Wesker Philip Toynbee Roald Dahl Enoch Powell Anthony Burgess Tom Driberg Leo Rosten A.J.Ayer. 346p. plates index.