One Fat Englishman
Author(s): Kingsley Amis
Brimming with gluttony, booze and lust, Roger Micheldene is loose in America. Supposedly visiting Budweiser University to make deals for his publishing firm in England, Roger instead sets out to offend all he meets and to seduce every woman he encounters. But his American hosts seem made of sterner stuff. Who will be Roger's undoing? Irving Macher, the young author of an annoyingly brilliant first novel? Father Colgate, the priest who suggests that Roger's soul is in torment? Or will it be his married ex-lover Helene? One thing is certain - Roger is heading for a terrible fall. Outrageously funny and irreverent, "One Fat Englishman" (1963) is a devastating satire on Anglo-American relations.
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'Few have been as perceptive or funny about bad behaviour as Amis' Daily Telegraph
Kingsley Amis' (1922-1995) works take a humorous yet highly critical look at British society, especially of the period following the end of World War II. Born in London, Amis explored his disillusionment with British society in novels such as THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING (1955). His other works include THE GREEN MAN (1970); STANLEY AND THE WOMEN (1984); and THE OLD DEVILS (1986) which won the Booker Prize. Amis also wrote poetry, criticism, and short stories.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : Penguin Classics
- : 0.135
- : 01 June 2011
- : 198mm X 129mm X 10mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 August 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Kingsley Amis
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 823.914
- : 176
