Dear Illusion - Softcover

Amis, Kingsley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141195738 ISBN 13: 9780141195735

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2011

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 80 Publisher: Penguin Classics I suppose it was conceited of me but it was fun. And I felt like getting a bit of my own back on some of the people one who'd conned and flattered me into wasting all those years. 'In this wry. piercing short story from one of the greatest of all itish postwar writers. an ageing poet considers the value of his art - and of the critics who've found genius in it. Then . with his final work. he exercises a unique revenge ...

About this title

Product Description:

'I suppose it was conceited of me. But it was fun. And I felt like getting a bit of my own back on some of the people who'd conned and flattered me into wasting all those years.'

In this wry, piercing short story from one of the greatest of all British postwar writers, an ageing poet considers the value of his art - and of the critics who've found genius in it. Then, with his final work, he exercises a unique revenge . . .

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: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0141195738
• ISBN 13: 9780141195735
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80