TheLifeofKingsleyAmis

Theeagerly-awaitedauthorizedbiographyofKingsleyAmis.Inthis,theauthorizedbiography,ZacharyLeaderarguesthatKingsleyAmiswasnotonlythefinestcomicnovelistofhisgeneration,butthedominantfigureofpost-warBritishwriting.DrawingnotonlyoninterviewswitharangeofAmis’sfriends,relatives,fellowwriters,studentsandcolleagues,manyofthemneverbeforeconsulted,butalsoonalmostathousandpreviouslyunpublishedletters,Leader’sbiographywillforthefirsttimegiveafullpictureofAmis’schildhood,school-days,lifeasateacher,critic,polemicist,professionalauthor,husband,fatherandlover.HeexploresAmis’sfearsandphobias,andtherolethatdrinkplayedinhislife.AndofcoursehepaysdueattentiontoAmis’swork.AstheeditorofKingsleyAmis’sLetters(hailedintheSundayTelegraphas“oneofthelastmajormonumentstotheepistolaryart”),Leaderismorethanqualifiedtobehisauthorizedbiographer.Hisbookwillsurprise,entertainandilluminate.FromtheHardcoveredition.