The biographer's moustache [Hardcover]

Kingsley Amis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1995

Gordon Scott-Thompson, a struggling hack, has been commissioned to write the biography of veteran novelist Jimmie Fane. It is a task which proves to be fraught with extraordinary and unforseen difficulties.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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A good dry romantic comedy with a distinctive Amis wit. The Biographer's Moustache is light, funny and splendid in its prejudices, and at times touching in its compassion. Malcolm Bradbury, Mail on Sunday The Biographer's Moustache is rich in shrewd and mischievous social observation. The reader - or this reader, at any rate - shouts with laughter as another pretension is skewered. Amis allows his characters' graces and strengths to emerge gradually and stealthily; this underlying texture of his writing is part of his greatness as a novelist. Peter Whitebrook, Scotland on Sunday Full of characteristic Amisian qualities: wit, pace, linguistic dexterity, character, thoughtfulness. Eric Jacobs, The Spectator Every bit as readable as any of its predecessors. Amis's extraordinary skill at shaping material and his ear for dialogue seem to be as sharp as ever. A N Wilson, Evening Standard --This text refers to the Print on Demand (Paperback) edition.

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'I found my hand stealing towards this book at every spare moment' - SUZI FEAY, Independent on Sunday

'A good dry romantic comedy with a distinctive Amis wit. The Biographer's Moustache is light, funny and splendid in its prejudices, and at times touching in its compassion.' - MALCOLM BRADBURY, Mail on Sunday

'Biographers Moustache is rich in shrewd and mischievous social observation. The reader - or this reader, at any rate - shouts with laughter as another pretension is skewered. Amis allows his characters' graces and strengths to emerge gradually and stealthily; this underlying texture of his writing is part of his greatness as a novelist.' - PETER WHITEBROOK, Scotland on Sunday

'Full of characteristic Amisian qualities: wit, pace, linguistic dexterity, character, thoughtfulness.' - ERIC JACOBS, The Spectator

'Every bit as readable as any of its predecessors. Amis's extraordinary skill at shaping material and his ear for dialogue seem to be as sharp as ever.' - A. N. WILSON, Evening Standard --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 282 pages
• Publisher: Flamingo (1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0002253305
• ISBN-13: 978-0002253307
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,533,283 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars LAST NOVEL OF SIR KINGSLEY AMIS, May 26, 2008

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This review is from: The biographer's moustache (Hardcover)

SIR KINGSLEY AMIS DIED ON OCTOBER 22, 1995. THIS WAS HIS LAST NOVEL. First Edition hardcover, published in London by Flamingo, a division of HarperCollins. A GOOD COLLECTOR'S BOOK. Dust cover with original first-issue art. The book is bound in black buckram with bright gold spine lettering. A HILARIOUS PLOT THAT ONLY AMIS COULD HAVE DEVISED. His unmistakable style of satire is coupled with the most peculiar characters, and ridiculous situations abound. This one's about a young biographer with a moustache (a feature despised by his older subject) and a strong instinct for womanizing... Will he be able to lose the moustache AND resist the charms of his subject's wife (who likes younger men) to get his advance from the publisher? IT WILL KEEP YOU IN STITCHES!