Conversations with Kingsley Amis

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Avail. in paper. Table of Contents: Introduction -- Chronology -- Look! There Are Llamas on the Mountains / Daniel Farson -- Mr. Sellers and Mr. Amis: A Conversation Reported by W. J. Weatherby / W. J. Weatherby -- My Kind of Comedy / Pat Williams -- Profile: Kingsley Amis / John Silverlight -- Amis on a Southern Campus Taught-and Learned-a Lot / Bruce Cook -- Portrait of a Man Reading / Dick Adler -- Kingsley Amis / Peter Firchow -- Penthouse Interview: Kingsley Amis / Harry Fieldhouse -- Kingsley Amis Interviewed / Dennis Chambers -- Two on an Island / Pauline Peters -- Profile 4: Kingsley Amis / Clive James -- PW Interviews: Kingsley Amis / Malcolm Oram -- Kingsley Amis Looks Back: An Interview with Melvyn Bragg / Melvyn Bragg -- The Art of Fiction LIX: Kingsley Amis / Michael Barber -- Kingsley Amis: A Novelist of Our Times / Tom Miller -- How the Angry Brigade Got Lucky / Pearson Phillips -- Writing and Warning: An Interview with Kingsley Amis / Michael Billington -- Kingsley Amis: Mimic and Moralist / Dale Salwak -- Misogyny and Madness / Michael Barber -- Kingsley Amis / Val Hennessy -- Would You Take a Man like Him? / John Mortimer -- A Conversation with Kingsley Amis: The Economist -- Kingsley Amis: The Rebel Turns Right / Steve Appleford -- The Impatience of Being Kingsley Amis / Valerie Grove -- Last Interview with the Arch Knight of Mischief / Glenys Roberts -- Index. Publisher Marketing: Soon after Kingsley Amis (1922-1995) published his first novel, "Lucky Jim," in 1954, he became an object of literary and journalistic scrutiny. This attention would continue until his last days, four decades and forty books later. "Conversations with Kingsley Amis" includes both the first and last interviews Amis gave. Celebrated by reviewers and critics for his wit and irreverence, Amis rose to the occasion whenever interviewed. His clever and common-sense views covered everything from the state of the novel and current intellectual trends to the circumstances of his domestic life. Not many writers can hold the interest of inquisitors from both "Penthouse" and the "Economist" as Amis does. Not many writers, for that matter, articulate views worth recording on sexual relations, about which Amis is something of a failed expert, and on the modern university, about which he could claim a greater authority. English periodicals of all varieties sought out Amis for his opinions on culture, both high and low. Along the way, Amis also entertained literary interrogators from the "Paris Review" and other journals, including talks with a number of distinguished men of letters such as Clive James, Michael Barber, and John Mortimer. Contributor Bio:  Amis, Kingsley About the Editor: Kingsley Amis is the author of 18 novels, including Lucky Jim and The Old Devils, which was awarded the 1986 Booker Prize, as well as numerous books of criticism and verse. Contributor Bio:  Depietro, Thomas Thomas DePietro, a widely published book critic based in Eastchester, New York, is editor of .