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This is a fascinating critical study of the life, work and milieu of one of Britain's best known and most popular novelists.Starting with a biographical overview of the influences on the developing writer while at home, at school, at Oxford, and at war, Dale Salwak goes on to offer the general reader a lively interpretation of all of Amis's novels, from Lucky Jim (1954) through to The Folks That Live on the Hill (1990), set against the ever-changing backdrop of the twentieth century.Salwak, Dale is the author of 'Kingsley Amis Modern Novelist' with ISBN 9780389209928 and ISBN 0389209929.
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