 The Life of Kingsley Amis, new Amis biography in bookshops |
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Sub-Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 24 July 2002 From: Los Feliz  |
18 May 2007 - 04:37
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I was browsing my local independent bookshop this evening and caught sight of a new Amis biography prominently on display. The book is called THE LIFE OF KINGSLEY AMIS and it is by Zachary Leader.
http://www.amazon.com/Life-Kingsley-Amis-Z...2815&sr=1-1 Leafing through it, I noted there were at least 5 or 6 pages devoted to Colonel Sun.   I will fist-fight anyone for the truth. |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
19 May 2007 - 01:42
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Now on the CBn main page...
1,008 pages?! This definitely sounds like a thorough read.  Great find, Solex. 
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
19 May 2007 - 02:47
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For anyone who's read this...how much is there about Colonel Sun? Anything revelatory?
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 30 August 2001 From: A secret hollowed out volcano in Sydney (33.79294� South, 150.93805� East) |
19 May 2007 - 08:14
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Not to be confused with THE LETTERS OF KINGSLEY AMIS, right? That one's also a "brick" of a book at over 1K pages.
 You're born, you take [censored], get out in the world, you take more [censored]. Climb a little higher, take less [censored]. 'Till one day you're in the rarified atmosphere, and you've forgotten what [censored] even looks like. Welcome to MI6 007. |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 18 September 2002 From: USA |
19 May 2007 - 13:15
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QUOTE(Blofeld @ 19 May 2007 - 04:14)  Not to be confused with THE LETTERS OF KINGSLEY AMIS, right? That one's also a "brick" of a book at over 1K pages. They are different books, but by the same author. Delmo got me a review copy of the new biography. It is a monster. Unfortunately I spotted a lame error right away - stating that Fleming died Aug 18 64. It was actually 6 days earlier (and his son's birthday), the 12th.  |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
13 June 2007 - 04:30
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A review of the book: http://commanderbond.net/components/quickn...&item=41522
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Sub-Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 17 October 2005 From: San Francisco |
25 July 2007 - 15:09
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I was rather interested to read about how Fleming and Amis met to discuss the JB Dossier. Amis was apprehensive that Fleming would react negatively to some of his criticism, but Fleming quite liked the book, and only took issue with a few factual errors that were later taken care of.
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