The Folks That Live On The Hill by Kingsley Amis

The Folks That Live On The Hill by Kingsley Amis

Harry Caldecote is the most charming man you'll ever meet, a convivial academic who devotes his life to others. He is on call when his alcoholic niece falls into strange hands, when his brother threatens to emulate Wordsworth, when his son's lesbian lodger is beaten up by her girlfriend. He endures misplaced seductions, swindles and aggressive dogs just to keep the peace at the King's pub in Shepherd's Hill. But when the Adams' Institute of Cultural and Commercial History in America offers him the opportunity to do 'whatever he wanted to do' in a picturesque lakeside town, he faces a choice between freedom or responsibility - and whether to take charge of his own life.

Like Waugh he is a consummate writer of sentences, a mordant practitioner of perfected English prose.. Amis's gift for outrage is as alert as ever * Independent *
Sometimes sharply funny, sometimes bluntly genial, altogether the most successful book he has written for years * Sunday Times *

Kingsley Amis's (1922-95) works take a humorous yet highly critical look at British society, especially in the period following the end of World War II. Born in London, Amis explored his disillusionment in novels such as That Uncertain Feeling (1955). His other works include The Green Man (1970), Stanley and the Women (1984), and The Old Devils (1986), which won the Booker Prize. Amis also wrote poetry, criticism, and short stories.

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ISBN 13	9780141194301
ISBN 10	0141194308
Titre	The Folks That Live On The Hill
Auteur	Kingsley Amis
Série	Penguin Modern Classics
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Penguin Books Ltd
Année de publication	2012-06-07
Nombre de pages	320
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