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, who is married to a member of the local Council. Pursuing an affair with her whilst keeping his job prospects alive is John's predicament, as he finds himself running down Welsh country lanes at midnight in a wig and dress, resisting the advances of local drunks and ...
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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, who is married to a member of the local Council. Pursuing an affair with her whilst keeping his job prospects alive is John's predicament, as he finds himself running down Welsh country lanes at midnight in a wig and dress, resisting the advances of local drunks and suffering the long speeches of a 'nut-faced' clergyman. At times tenderly satirical and at times riotously slap-stick, Amis sends up an array of rural stereotypes in this story about a man who doesn't know what he wants. Kingsley Amis's (1922-95) works take a humorous yet highly critical look at British society, especially in the period following the end of World War II. Born in London, Amis explored his disillusionment in novels such as That Uncertain Feeling (1955). His other works include The Green Man (1970), Stanley and the Women (1984), and The Old Devils (1986), which won the Booker Prize. Amis also wrote poetry, criticism, and short stories.
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Very Good. The author's second novel. First American edition. This copy belonged to Pearl Kazin (literary editor and wife of the noted sociologist Daniel Bell) and bears her name on the front free endpaper. Light edge wear and aging, else very good in blue cloth. No dust jacket.
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Very Good in Good jacket. 1956, First American Edition of the author's second novel. 247 pp. Hardcover in blue boards, 8vo. Very Good copy in a Good dust jacket. Light wear to covers at spine ends and corners. Previous owner's small bookplate on the front pastedown; small ink check mark on the fly leaf, and a small stain on the rear fly leaf. Clean and unmarked text. DJ spine sunned, light tearing and nicking along edges and spine ends; light soil to rear panel. DJ housed in mylar wrap.
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