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OverviewHere is the authorized, definitive biography of one of the most controversial figures of twentieth-century literature, renowned for his blistering intelligence, savage wit and belligerent fierceness of opinion: Kingsley Amis was not only the finest comic novelist of his generation-having first achieved prominence with the publication of Lucky Jim in 1954 and as one of the Angry Young Men-but also a dominant figure in post--World War II British writing as novelist, poet, critic and polemicist. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor Zachary Leader (Professor of English Literature, Roehampton University)Publisher: Pantheon Books Imprint: Pantheon Books Edition: annotated edition Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 5.20cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 1.383kg ISBN: 9780375424984ISBN 10: 0375424989 Pages: 996 Publication Date: 24 April 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Remaindered Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsPraise from the United Kingdom: <br> This is a book of true stature about a complex talent. Few literary biographies can match it for depth and intimacy. <br> -The Sunday Times <br> Outstanding . . . Leader has surpassed himself . . . He gives us not only the man, but also his milieu; he gives us not only the compelling virtues but also the staggering flaws. This is the best biography I have read for ages: deeply researched, crisply written and beautifully judged. -The Daily Telegraph <br> Elegantly organised, lovingly detailed and-how could it not be?-eruptively funny, Zachary Leader's book is hard to put down. <br> -New Statesman <br> Marvellous . . . It has become a fashion to denounce long biographies as telling us more than we need to know, but Leader's is a triumphant vindication of its nine-hundred-plus pages. It's a pleasure to read, and the accumulation of detail gives a real sense of a life being led. <br> -The Independent <br> Marvellous . . . I ought to say that this book is two hundred pages too long, but as I enjoyed almost every word of it, I can't. <br> -The Spectator <br> Very thorough and very straight-talking. It's also very clear in its aims. [Leader] displays the facts of each matter plainly, allowing readers to deliver their own praise and blame, and counterbalances them with his attention to the work. It's an impressively well-judged response. -The Guardian <br> Full, perceptive and admirably even-handed . . . Considered as a narrative of the growth and decay of character, Leader's biography starts to assume the features of an Aristotelian tragedy. -London Review of Books <br> My admiration for Leader's skill as a biographer is unalloyed. It's abig book, but the interest never flags. <br> -The Sunday Telegraph Praise from the United Kingdom: <br><br> This is a book of true stature about a complex talent. Few literary biographies can match it for depth and intimacy. <br> -The Sunday Times <br><br> Outstanding . . . Leader has surpassed himself . . . He gives us not only the man, but also his milieu; he gives us not only the compelling virtues but also the staggering flaws. This is the best biography I have read for ages: deeply researched, crisply written and beautifully judged. -The Daily Telegraph <br><br> Elegantly organised, lovingly detailed and-how could it not be?-eruptively funny, Zachary Leader's book is hard to put down. <br> -New Statesman <br><br> Marvellous . . . It has become a fashion to denounce long biographies as telling us more than we need to know, but Leader's is a triumphant vindication of its nine-hundred-plus pages. It's a pleasure to read, and the accumulation of detail gives a real sense of a life being led. <br> -The Independent <br><br> Marvellous . . . I ought to say that this book is two hundred pages too long, but as I enjoyed almost every word of it, I can't. <br> -The Spectator <br><br> Very thorough and very straight-talking. It's also very clear in its aims. [Leader] displays the facts of each matter plainly, allowing readers to deliver their own praise and blame, and counterbalances them with his attention to the work. It's an impressively well-judged response. -The Guardian <br><br> Full, perceptive and admirably even-handed . . . Considered as a narrative of the growth and decay of character, Leader's biography starts to assume the features of an Aristotelian tragedy. -London Review of Books <br><br> My admiration for Leader's skill as a biographer is unalloyed. It's a big book, but the interest never flags. <br> -The Sunday Telegraph Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |