Author: AMIS,KINGSLEY
Title: Memoirs
Description: New York, Summit Books. 1991, 1st US Edition. (ISBN: 0671749099) Hardcover. Book, "As Sir Kingsley writes in his preface, these memoirs 'depend largely on a good memory for anecdotes and anecdotal detail. ' The book describes Amis's family in South London, his schooldays, Oxford, his joining the Army midway through the war, Swansea, Cambridge, and his decision to leave the academic world to become a full-time writer. " There are chapters on an number of prominent people he knew : John Betjeman Margaret Thatcher Philip Larkin Anthony Powell Francis Bacon Terry Thomas John Braine Robert Graves Malcolm Muggeridge Peter Quennell Arnold Wesker Philip Toynbee Roald Dahl Enoch Powell Anthony Burgess Tom Driberg Leo Rosten A.J.Ayer. 346p. plates index. As New/New.

Keywords: 0671749099 English Literature Authors Kingsley Amis John Betjeman Margaret Thatcher Philip Larkin Anthony Powell Francis Bacon Terry Thomas Braine Robert Graves Malcolm Muggeridge Peter Quennell Arnold Wesker Toynbee Roald Dahl Enoch Burgess Tom Driberg L


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