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  <name><![CDATA[Kingsley Amis]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. He wrote more than twenty novels, three collections of poetry, short stories, radio and television scripts, and books of social and literary criticism. He fathered the English novelist Martin Amis.

Kingsley Amis was born in Clapham, South London, England, the son of William Robert Amis, a mustard manufacturer's clerk. He began his education at the City of London School, and went up to St. John's College, Oxford April 1941 to read English; it was there that he met Philip Larkin, with whom he formed the most important friendship of his life. After only a year, he was called up for Army service in July 1942. After serving in the Royal Corps of Signals in the Second World War, Amis returned to Oxford in October 1945 to complete his degree. Although he worked hard and got a first in English in 1947, he had by then decided to give much of his time to writing.
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  <title><![CDATA[Lucky Jim]]></title>
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  <published>1953</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Old Devils]]></title>
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  <published>1986</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Everyday Drinking]]></title>
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  <published>2008</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Green Man]]></title>
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  <published>1969</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Take a Girl Like You]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The King's English : A Guide to Modern Usage]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Kingsley Amis]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[One Fat Englishman]]></title>
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  <published>1963</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Stanley and the Women]]></title>
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  <published>1985</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Anti-Death League]]></title>
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  <published>1966</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Girl, 20]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Kingsley Amis]]></name>
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