books by Kingsley Amis

books by Kingsley Amis

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Kingsley Amis

Kingsley Amis

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1976

Don't read this book on the subway,
because, most likely, it will provoke loud screams of laughter and you'll embarrass yourself. Lucky Jim is the story of Jim Dixon, a lowly lecturer at an English university. In order to keep his job, he must suck up to the fabulously annoying professor, Ned Welch. ...

Lucky Jim (Penguin Modern Classics)

Kingsley Amis

Penguin Classics, 2000

Don't read this on a plane
You will be hooting with laughter, disturbing your seatmates, and causing consternation among the flight attendants. This book is amazingly funny. But you will need some working knowledge of British academia to 'get it'. Which means, if you know the difference ...

James Bond: Colonel Sun (James Bond)

Kingsley Amis

Titan Books, 2006

An absolute "must-have" for all dedicated James Bond fans
Latest in a series of James Bond daily strip collections, James Bond 007: Colonel Sun by the team of Kingsley Amis, Jim Lawrence, and Yaroslav Horak is a graphic novel compilation of black-and-white daily newspaper strips that adapted Ian Fleming's classic James Bond ...

Everyday Drinking: The Distilled Kingsley Amis

Kingsley Amis

Bloomsbury USA, 2008

Drinking as an Englishman Should
I was delighted with Amis's book on drink,the effects of drink and the types of drink;his underdstudied wit combined with practical alchohol knowledge made for an enjoyable and useful read. Would highly recommend.

Take a Girl Like You

Kingsley Amis

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1976

Amis hits his stride with a funny but dark novel
Kingsley Amis opened his career with the novel that remained his most famous work to the end of his life: Lucky Jim. His next two novels were generally regarded as disappointments, at least relative to Lucky Jim. It is with his fourth novel, Take a Girl Like You, that ...

The Green Man

Kingsley Amis

Academy Chicago Publishers, 1991

Humor rather than terror was the driving theme of this novel.
An extremely clever well written novel of suspense, The Green Man, is also full of social satire and even some existential metaphysical speculation. The Green Man appears in the ancient religions of the British isles, especially around Druid nature worship, May Day, ...

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Penguin Classics)

G. K. Chesterton

Penguin Classics, 1990

Your blue sock is behind the dryer.
I went into reading this book with such strong misconceptions concerning what it was about. Like the characters whom see things completely different it seems like the readers of this book see its meaning quite differently as well. It is a crazy allegory but of what? ...

Old Devils: A Novel

Kingsley Amis

Harpercollins, 1988

Sad and Funny- A Poignant, Worthwhile Read
This book is about everything-- How can you sum up life near the end? Is it possible to change, and if so, is it worth the bother? etc. It left me with shivers. It seemed an innocent, comic enough read at first, with devestating insights tossed casually in among ...

Lucky Jim (Penguin Classics)

Kingsley Amis

Penguin Classics, 1993

"O lucky Jim, /How I envy him."
The British literary theorist Terry Eagleton characterized Kingsley Amis as a "racist, anti-Semitic boor, a drink-sodden, self-hating reviler of women, gays, and liberals." Well well! And what is the reader of "Lucky Jim" to think of such a venomous outpouring of ...

Lucky Jim (Essential Penguin)
Kingsley Amis

Penguin Books Ltd, 1998

Difficulties With Girls: A Novel

Kingsley Amis

Summit Books, 1989

only for diehard fans
This is a late product of Kingsley Amis and not his best. It is a follow-up to one of his classics, 'Take a girl like you', which would be a better choice by far. The heroine of that novel is one of the more endearing of KA's women characters, but this sequel focuses ...