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A Good Place To Start
| Title | Votes | |
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| Lucky Jim | 5 | |
| The Old Devils | 1 |
A Bad Place To Start
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| The Old Devils | 1 |
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Kingsley Amis (1922 - 1995)
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Kingsley Amis is frequently over shadowed by his more modern and more popular son, Martin.
But Kingsley has a lot to offer anyone who enjoys darkly humorous fiction.
His most popular book is probably Lucky Jim. He won the Booker Prize for The Old Devils. Lucky Jim is probably the place to start, but I would like to suggest another book.
The Green Man is a semi-horror story where a less than likeable everyday Englishman is charged with protecting the world from the Devil himself.
Like most of his books, the Green Man features an unlikable protagonist. You need to like that sort of thing before you dive in.
You cannot go wrong with the very funny Lucky Jim.
Many of his other books are bit sexist, but these three are probably his strongest.
pageminder February 28th, 2006 03:13 AM PST
I, too, would recommend starting with Lucky Jim--it is a memorably witty book. After years of cherishing Lucky Jim, though, I tried The Green Man not long ago. Very different book--for me, quite repellent. I also agree about the sexism, which I seem to recall was pretty evident in everything I've looked at of his. Didn't stop me loving Lucky Jim, though.
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Novelist, Poet, Man of Letters, Political Writer, Satirist, Story Writer.
Active 1954-1995 in England, Britain, Europe
Source: The Literary Encyclopedia (litencyc.com)
juanc01 February 27th, 2006 06:46 PM PST