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Kingsley Amis

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born
April 16, 1922 in Clapham, South London, England, The United Kingdom

died
October 22, 1995

gender
male

genre
Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs

influences
Philip Larkin


About this author

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 Seco...more


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Books by Kingsley Amis

Average rating: 3.67 · 9,478 ratings · 1,053 reviews · 85 distinct works
Lucky Jim
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 5,367 ratings — published 1954 — 38 editions
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The Old Devils
3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 541 ratings — published 1986 — 14 editions
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The Green Man
3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 383 ratings — published 1969 — 12 editions
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Every Day Drinking
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 371 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions
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Colonel Sun
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3.31 of 5 stars 3.31 avg rating — 276 ratings — published 1968 — 12 editions
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Take a Girl Like You
3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 1960 — 9 editions
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Kings English
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions
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One Fat Englishman
3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 1963 — 8 editions
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The Alteration
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 1976 — 9 editions
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Jake's Thing
3.11 of 5 stars 3.11 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1978 — 6 editions
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Series by Kingsley Amis

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Quotes by Kingsley Amis

“Consciousness was upon him before he could get out of the way.”
― Kingsley Amis
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“If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing.”
― Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim
tags: annoyance , writing
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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
tags: anger , faces , humour , rage
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