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Kingsley Amis 1922 - 1995

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26 January 1979 Radio 4
Kingsley Amis talks to Michael Billington about

	why he first started writing fiction 0 min 50
	his views on the place of culture in British society, and the difficulty in assessing the role of the novel 1 min 49
	the impulse to use different genres with reference to the The Alteration 2 min 6
	how Lucky Jim was conceived, why the book succeeded abroad, how he's often mistaken for Jim Dixon 2 min 48

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	Kingsley Amis English novelist, poet, essayist and critic One of the most prominent figures of the post-war literary scene, Kingsley Amis is still best known for his first book, the satirical novel Lucky Jim. Read more