Collects the letters of the British novelist to individuals including Philip Larkin, Victor Gollancz, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and Brian Aldiss. "Beautifully organized and annotated...Some of the best of Amis, it turns out, is in his letters." -- The New York Times Book Review KINGSLEY AMIS was born in London in 1922. From his fictional debut with Lucky Jim to his death in 1995, he published twenty-five novels and numerous works of non-fiction, verse, volumes of short stories, and anthologies of poetry and prose. He was also a prolific critic and polemicist in newspapers and magazines. He was knighted in 1990. ZACHARY LEADER is professor of English literature at the University of Surrey Roehampton. Among his books are Reading Blake's Songs, Writer's Block, and Revision and Romantic Authorship. He lives in London, and is a regular contributor to The London Review of Books and The Times Literary Supplement. Used Book in Good Condition