Previous SFF Author: Steve Alten
(1922-1995)
Sir Kingsley Amis was born in London. In 1954 his first novel, ‘Lucky Jim’, burst onto the literary scene with extraordinary force, gaining him instant fame and notoriety as one of the most prominent of the so-called ‘angry young men’. He went on to write over twenty novels (winning the Booker Prize in 1986 for ‘The Old Devils’), and many volumes of poetry and non-fiction. He was knighted in 1991. His last novel, ‘The Biographer’s Moustache’, was published in September 1995.
The Green Man by Kingsley Amis
Kingsley Amis’s sole horror novel, The Green Man, had long been on my list of “must read” books, for the simple reason that it has been highly recommended by three sources that I trust. British critic David Pringle chose it for inclusion in his overview volume Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels, as did Michael Moorcock in Fantasy: The 100 Best Books AND Brian Aldiss in Horror: 100 Best Books.
Sandy Ferber´s rating: 4 | Kingsley Amis | Horror, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
Previous SFF Author: Steve Alten
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