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.