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... Zobraziť viac
Of all the choristers at the Cathedral Basilica of St George, he is the angel - the one whose voice could only have been made in heaven... Zobraziť viac
'His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as a mausoleum. During the night, too, he'd somehow been on a cross-country run and then been expertly beaten up by secret police. He felt bad.'... Zobraziť viac
Harry Caldecote is a convivial academic who devotes his life to others. He is on call when his alcoholic niece falls into strange hands... Zobraziť viac
Kingsley Amis wrote poems throughout his life, turning his acerbic, bracing perceptiveness on the same subjects that fill his novels: lust, lost love, drink, money, God (seen as indifferent or malign), and old age... Zobraziť viac
In That Uncertain Feeling by Kingsley Amis, competition is stiff for the position of sub-librarian in Aberdarcy Library. For John Lewis, the situation is complicated by the attentions of daunting and desirable village socialite, Elizabeth Gruffyd-Williams Zobraziť viac
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... Zobraziť viac
Jake Richardson, an Oxford don nearing sixty with a lifetime's lechery behind him, is in pursuit of his lost libido and heads of to the consulting room of a miniature sex therapist... Zobraziť viac
What purpose do literary prizes serve? Where on earth can a man get a decent bite to eat... Zobraziť viac