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Collected Poems by Kingsley Amis
26.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
The complete collection of Kingsley Amis's poems, as witty, scabrous and bracing as his celebrated novelsAlthough best known for his comic novels, Kingsley Amis wrote poetry throughout his career. Collected Poems spans subjects from nature and cricket to love, ageing and literature, brimming with his ch ...Show more
Dear Illusion by Kingsley Amis
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Category: Fiction
'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 ...Show more
Everyday Drinking: The Distilled Kingsley Amis by Kingsley Amis
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Category: Food
Kingsley Amis's drink writing is better than anybody else's, ever. Esquire New in giftable hardcover, with an introduction by Christopher Hitchens-a collection of witty and deeply informed writings on wine, beer, and cocktails, from one of the all-time experts. Kingsley Amis was one of the great ...Show more
Everyday Drinking: The Distilled Kingsley Amis by Kingsley Amis
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Category: Food | Reading Level: From 8
Kingsley Amis was one of the great masters of comic prose, and no subject was dearer to him than the art and practice of imbibing. This new volume brings together the best of his three out-of-print works on the subject: Kingsley Amis in Drink, Everyday Drinking and How's Your Glass? In one handsome pack ...Show more
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis, Kingsley Amis
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Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Essentials
'His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as a mausoleum. During the night, too, he'd somehow been on a cross-country run and then been expertly beaten up by secret police. He felt bad'. Jix Dixon has a terrible job at a second-rate university. His life is full ...Show more
Lucky Jim: Popular Penguins by Kingsley Amis
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Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: good
'His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as a mausoleum. During the night, too, he'd somehow been on a cross-country run and then been expertly beaten up by secret police. He felt bad.'Jix Dixon has a terrible job at a second-rate university. His life is full o ...Show more
Raising a Smile: Selected Non-Fiction by Kingsley Amis
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Category: Fiction
This vast and hugely entertaining collection is vintage Amis from a succession of good years. All of his best non-fiction pieces have been gathered together to reveal Kingsley Amis at his most typically robust and incisive: cutting a swathe through such subjects as writers and writing, 'Abroad', eating ...Show more
Stanley and the Women by Kingsley Amis
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Category: Fiction
Just when Stanley Duke thinks it safe to sink into middle age, his son, Steve, goes insane. As if that weren't terrible enough, Stanley finds himself beset on all sides by women - neurotic, half-baked, critical or just plain capricious. As one by one they gnaw away at his composure, Stanley wonders whet ...Show more
The Amis Collection: Selected Non-fiction by Kingsley Amis
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Category: Anthologies
A collection of witty, cantakerous essays skewering the cultural touchstones of an era, from one of the greatest writers, drinkers and critics of our timeWhat advice can one give a green young author? What purpose do literary prizes serve? Where on earth can a man get a decent bite to eat? This entertai ...Show more
The King's English by Kingsley Amis
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Category: Culture & Ideas | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
"The King's English" is Kingsley Amis' authoritative and witty guide to the use and abuse of the English language. A scourge of illiteracy and a thorn in the side of pretension, Amis provides indispensable advice about the linguistic blunders and barbarities that lie in wait for us, from danglers, four- ...Show more
The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis
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Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Malcolm, Peter and Charlie and their Soave-sodden wives have one main ambition left in life: to drink Wales dry. But their routine is both shaken and stirred when they are joined by professional Welshman Alun Weaver (CBE) and his wife, Rhiannon.
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