The Life of Kingsley Amis - Hardcover

Leader, Zachary

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9780224062275: The Life of Kingsley Amis

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ISBN 10: 0224062271 ISBN 13: 9780224062275

Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2006

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The Life of Kingsley Amis

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Review:

"Few literary biographies can match it for depth and intimacy" -- Sunday Times

"This is the best biography I have read for ages: deeply
researched, crisply written and beautifully judged" -- Daily Telegraph

"Unsurprisingly in a biography of this size, he really has left no
stone unturned" -- Scotsman

"awe-inspiring research" -- Seven, The Sunday Telegraph

"marvellous ... It's a pleasure to read, and the accumulation of
detail gives a real sense of a life being led" -- Independent

"this biography is in its way superb...Well-written [and]
balanced" -- Evening Standard

Books of the Year. Chosen by Andrew Marr -- The Saturday Herald

Diary Story. Julian Barnes on Kingsley Amis -- Independent on Sunday

The book I most look forward to reading is Zachary Leader's The
Life of Kingsley Amis" -- The Irish Times Books of the Year. Rev by Adam Sisman

`A detailed, intimate life of Amis as a friend, father, husband, wit, curmudgeon - and, above all, a writer'
-- Observer

Book Description:

The eagerly-awaited authorised biography of Kingsley Amis.

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