The Anti-Death League (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover

Amis, Kingsley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141194294 ISBN 13: 9780141194295

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2012

Synopsis

In this surreal comedy of soldiers and spies, Lieutenant James Churchill and his colleagues find themselves questioning their purpose. Are they for death or against it? These men of action will travel between the barracks, the lunatic asylum and the house of an aristocratic nymphomaniac in search of answers. For while few know the awful truth about Operation Apollo, the mission they are being trained for, fewer still understand the motives of the powerful psychiatrist Dr Best, who thinks he is surrounded by repressed homosexuals, and none know the identity of the secret agent among them. When the Anti-Death League is founded they are at last offered the chance to rebel and perhaps escape ...

About this title

Review:

To have said so much about the human condition with such lightness of touch ... is an extraordinary achievement (Sunday Telegraph)

Amis amazes at every turn (The Times)

About the Author:

Kingsley Amis's (1922-95) works take a humorous yet highly critical look at British society, especially in the period following the end of World War II. Born in London, Amis explored his disillusionment in novels such as That Uncertain Feeling (1955). His other works include The Green Man (1970), Stanley and the Women (1984), and The Old Devils (1986), which won the Booker Prize. Amis also wrote poetry, criticism, and short stories.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0141194294
• ISBN 13: 9780141194295
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304