The Letters of Kingsley Amis

Book Description: HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, Scarborough, ON, Canada, 2000. Hard Cover in a Dust Jacket. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". 1208 pages, extensive appendix section, index, illustrations follow pages 200, 456, 712, 968. Brand new book, very handsom volume. Bookseller Inventory # 012192

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Book Description: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London, 2000. Hard Cover. Book Condition: NEW. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Archive Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. 9.5" X 6.3". Book Description: 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London, England, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, First Edition, With All Printing Numbers Present, Hardback, As New/As New, is P/c other than that is in BRAND NEW Condition. This is a very heavy book, it will weigh appx 1.8 Kg when packed. In 1954, Kingsley Amis grabbed the attention of the literary world as one of the Angry Young Men with his first novel Lucky Jim. He maintained a public image of blistering intelligence, savage wit, and belligerent fierceness of opinion until his death in 1995. In his letters, he confirms the legendary aspects of his reputation, and much more. This collection contains more than eight hundred letters that divulge the secrets of the artist and the man, with an honesty and immediacy rare in any biography or memoir. Amis, so assured in his pronouncements on fellow writers, grapples privately with fears, self-doubts, ambitions, and personal disasters. He is wildly funny, indulging in mordant gossip and astonishing frankness with his intimate friends and lovers. Some letters are dashed off with signature frustration; others are written with painstaking and painful circumspection. They make vivid the triumphs and tumult of his life and his times, from post-war Britain through the Thatcher era, as well as his attractions to women, jazz, drink, and the comic possibilities of the English language. As an intellectual pugilist who took no prisoners, Kingsley Amis had few peers. These letters, at times scandalous, at times tragic, reinforce his historical relevance and literary stature. The Letters of Kingsley Amis (2001) was assembled and edited by the American literary critic Zachary Leader. It is a collection of over 800 letters sent from that author to many different friends and professional acquaintances from 1941 until shortly before his death in 1995. About one quarter of these were addressed to Amis' close friend, the poet Philip Larkin. The collection is a remarkable peek into the private life of one of the most celebrated and notorious men of 20th century literature. Its publication was concurrent with that of Experience, a memoir written by Kingsley's son, the novelist Martin Amis, largely an homage to Kingsley. The author David Lodge called the book, "[A] major literary event", and the critic John Carey proclaimed Leader's editing of the letters to be "omniscient." Bookseller Inventory #001753. Bookseller Inventory # 001753

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Book Description: HarperCollins, 2000. Book Condition: New. New. Bookseller Inventory # SKUCED-1889SKU

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Book Description: London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Hardbound: cloth & dustjacket. 1208 pp. index, illus. Fine -- new in fine unclipped dj. (Delivery Confirmation number sent for domestic orders.). Bookseller Inventory # 40837

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Book Description: HarperCollinsPublishers, London, 2000. Blue Cloth HC + Gilt Lettering. Book Condition: Near New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Print. 9 1/2 " x 6 1/4". first endpaper removed; beige endpapers; not price clipped; pp. 1208; illustrated; Bookseller Inventory # 011673

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