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memoirs of kingsley amis

From:     larking
Category: Books
Date:     20 March 2008
Time:     03:39 PM

Review:

Amis says hes not going to write about his personal life, his marriages, his divorces. So what's the 
point of writing memoirs if you leave all the interesting parts out.  He just has a lot of anecdotes about 
famous people and people no one has now heard of. Sad Amis. Too many drinks and lunch and well 
crafted stories. Memoirs are meant to be revelatory. Amis, so much talent, and wasted most of it to 
be one of the lads. Fear of pretentiousness has never done so much damage. The whole problem 
with post-war english lit is that the writers avoided being french.


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