The Folks That Live On The Hill
$27.58
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
20 July 2012
Summary
Amis’s elegant precis on desire and duty, love and loyalty, part of a new series of reissues of his work in Penguin Modern Classics
Harry Caldecote is the most charming man you’ll ever meet, a convivial academic who devotes his life to others. He is on call when his alcoholic niece falls into strange hands, when his brother threatens to emulate Wordsworth, when his son’s lesbian lodger is beaten up by her girlfriend. He endures misplaced seductions, swindles and aggressive dogs just t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141194301 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141194308 |
| Author: | Kingsley Amis |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 20 July 2012 |
| Weight: | 237g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Like Waugh he is a consummate writer of sentences, a mordant practitioner of perfected English prose … Amis’s gift for outrage is as alert as ever
Like Waugh he is a consummate writer of sentences, a mordant practitioner of perfected English prose … Amis’s gift for outrage is as alert as ever * Independent *Sometimes sharply funny, sometimes bluntly genial, altogether the most successful book he has written for years * Sunday Times *
About The Author
Kingsley Amis
Kingsley Amis (1922-95) took a humorous yet highly critical look at British society, especially in the period following the end of World War II. Born in London, Amis explored his disillusionment in novels such as That Uncertain Feeling (1955). His other works include The Green Man (1970), Stanley and the Women (1984), and The Old Devils (1986), which won the Booker Prize. Amis also wrote poetry, criticism, and short stories.
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