The Amis Collection: Selected Non-fiction

'Amis has no faults. He is clever, witty, ironical' Guardian

What advice can one give a green young author? What purpose do literary prizes serve? Where on earth can a man get a decent bite to eat? This entertaining collection is vintage Kingsley Amis, revealing him at his most robust and incisive, cutting a swathe through such subjects as writers and writing, 'Abroad', eating and drinking, music, language and education. He turns a clear and critical eye on Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Powell, Anthony Burgess, Ian Fleming and Philip Larkin, and does not spare their potential readers in 'Sod the Public: A Consumer's Guide'. In typically razor-sharp, wicked and witty prose, Amis tackles the culture and conceits of his era.

• Author
• Kingsley Amis

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 416

• Publisher
• Penguin Classics

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-14-119530-8

• EAN
• 9780141195308

• Release date
• 2022