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Kingsley Amis
Author profile
born
in Clapham, Wandsworth, London, England, The United Kingdom
April 16, 1922
died
October 22, 1995
gender
male
genre
influences
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Lucky Jim
by Kingsley Amis, David Lodge — published 1954 — 50 editions |
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The Old Devils
— published 1986 — 16 editions |
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The Green Man
— published 1969 — 15 editions |
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Colonel Sun
by Kingsley Amis, Robert Markham — published 1968 — 15 editions |
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Everyday Drinking
— published 2008 — 9 editions |
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Take a Girl Like You
— published 1960 — 10 editions |
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One Fat Englishman
— published 1960 — 12 editions |
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The King's English: A Guide to Modern Usage
— published 1997 — 8 editions |
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The Alteration
— published 1976 — 13 editions |
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Jake's Thing
— published 1978 — 7 editions |
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“... all his faces were designed to express rage or loathing. Now that something had happened which really deserved a face, he had none to celebrate it with. As a kind of token, he made his Sex Life in Ancient Rome face.”
― Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim
― Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim
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