Memoirs

London England: Hutchinson, 1991. Hardback. First Edition. Small tear to inside cover page. Slight shelf wear to top edge of D/J. The publication of this book is, of course, a major literary event. But reading them is also like a fascinating evening's talk in the pub in the most congenial and enteratining company. The book describes Amis's family in South London, his schooldays, Oxford, his joining the Army midway through the war, and later Swansea, Cambridge and then leaving the academic world to work as a full-time writer. Interspersed are portraits of friends (and a few foes) ranging from Philip Larkin to Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Tom Driberr to Margaret Thatcher, Anthony Burgess to John betjeman - an Amis gallery written in one of the few unmistable literary voices of our times: acerbic, affectionate, authoritative, comic, occasionally rueful, always honest. And in looking back on decades of friendships, as well as on the quick clashes and lively skirmishes which also punctuate his personal and literary life, Sir Kingsley inevitably provides a revealing and most vivid self-portrait. Illustrated. 346 pp. We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hadrback.