{"product_id":"the-life-of-kingsley-amis-by-zachary-leader-hardcover-2006-new-factory-2nd","title":"The Life of Kingsley Amis by Zachary Leader (Hardcover, 2006) New Factory 2nd","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLife of Kingsley Amis by Zachary Leader\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eHardcover – 1 January 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn this authorised biography, Zachary Leader argues that Kingsley Amis was not only the finest comic novelist of his generation, but a dominant figure in post-war British writing, as novelist, poet, critic and polemicist. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDrawing not only on interviews with a range of Amis' friends, relatives, fellow writers, students and colleagues, many of them never before consulted, but also on hundreds of previously unpublished letters, Leader's biography will for the first time give a full picture of Amis' childhood, school days, life as a teacher, critic, political and cultural commentator, professional author, husband, father and lover. He explores Amis' fears and phobias, and the role that drink played in his life. And of course he pays due attention to Amis' work. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAs the editor of \"The Letters of Kingsley Amis\", hailed in the \"Sunday Telegraph\" as 'one of the last major monuments to the epistolary art', Leader is more than qualified to be his authorised biographer. His book will surprise, entertain and illuminate.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eZachary Leader is Professor of English at the University of Roehampton. He is the author of Reading Blake’s Songs, Writer’s Block, Revision and Romantic Authorship and The Life of Kingsley Amis. Among the books he has edited are The Letters of Kingsley Amis and On Modern British Fiction. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduct details\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎ Jonathan Cape (1 January 2006)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover ‏ : ‎ 1008 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0224062271\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780224062275\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.18 x 6.02 x 24.13 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"1000 Things Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50846615175489,"sku":"C4-1G1J-LIUI-A","price":3.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1206\/9004\/files\/256739274782-0.jpg?v=1758765574","url":"https:\/\/1000things.com.au\/zh\/products\/the-life-of-kingsley-amis-by-zachary-leader-hardcover-2006-new-factory-2nd","provider":"1000 Things Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}