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Kingsley Amis

KingsleyAmis, the author of Lucky Jim, was born in the south of London in 1922. His first interest in literature was in the field of poetry. At the age of eleven he was writing verse, at the university he was one of the editors of Oxford Poetry 1949, and his own poetry has been published in two books: A Frame of Mind and A Case of Samples. His name is often to be seen in British newspapers and magazines as the writer of articles and reviews.
Lucky Jim, published in 1954, was Amis's first novel. It was something so different, so fresh and so brilliantly clever that the critics welcomed it with excitement.
Kingsley Amis is a university lecturer in English. In Lucky Jim he takes us into a world he knows well; it is set in a university college ' somewhere in England', but you need not have seen a British university to enjoy this book.

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Born 16 April 1922
Died 22 October 1995

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  • Cover of: My Enemy"s Enemy

    First published in 1962 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lucky Jim. Guild edition

    First published in 1979 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1962 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Anti-death League by Kingsley Amis (1975-11-30)

    First published in 1803 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The New Oxford book of English light verse / chosen by Kingsley Amis

    First published in 1978 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: That uncertain feeling

    First published in 1956 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The James Bond dossier

    First published in 1965 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lucky Jim (SparkNotes Literature Guide)

    First published in 2007 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Letters of Kingsley Amis

    First published in 2014 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Ekh baḥurah she-kamokh?

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  • Cover of: Everyday Drinking: The Distilled Kingsley Amis

    First published in 2008 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lucky Jim, a Novel

    First published in 1954 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Penguin Modern Poets 2

    First published in 1965 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: English Light Verse

    First published in 1978 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: SPECTRUM I: A Science Fiction Anthology

    First published in 1971 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: New Novel

    First published in 1999 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Anti-Death League

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  • Cover of: Colonel Sun; a James Bond adventure

    First published in 1968 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Green Man

    First published in 1973 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The New Oxford Book of English Light Verse

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Born 16 April 1922
Died 22 October 1995

Subjects

British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, Fiction, general, Science fiction, Fiction in English, England, fiction, English poetry, English fiction, English literature, Alcoholic beverages, Man-woman relationships, Amis, kingsley, 1922-1995, Man-woman relationships, fiction, American fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, short stories (single author), Middle-aged men, American Science fiction, British, English Science fiction, Fiction, alternative history, Fiction, satire, History and criticism, New York Times reviewed

Places

Great Britain, England, Athens (Greece), Greece, United States, Alabama, Commonwealth countries, English-speaking countries, London, London (England), Owl Creek Bridge, Oxford (England), Portugal, South England, Toledo

People

Ian Fleming (1908-1964), Kingsley Amis, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), Father Time, Kingsley Amis (1922-), Peyton Farquhar

Time

20th century, 1861-65, 1945-, 1950's, 1957-1967, 19th century, mid 1960's

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Alternative names

  • Kingsley Amis, Robert Markham
  • Robert Markham
  • Robert (Kingsley Amis) Markham
  • kingsley amis
  • Amis,Kingsley
  • AMIS,Kingsley
  • Kingsley (Ed.) Amis
  • Kingsley (Editor) Amis
  • Kingsley (Chosen by) Amis

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August 31, 2023 Edited by Dirk_P_Broer dates of birth and death
May 23, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
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