Lucky Him: The Life of Kingsley Amis

by Richard Bradford

Kingsley Amis always claimed that his fiction was not based on his life, and he worked hard and quite successfully at obscuring the autobiographical threads that run through his novels. But they exist, and Richard Bradford traces the channels between Amis's experiences, his states of mind, and his fictionalized versions of both. Bradford's biography shows that it is impossible to offer a comprehensive picture of Amis the man as husband, philanderer,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0720611172
• ISBN13: 9780720611175
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.5" x 8.8"