Complete Stories

This is a new book. Condition: Brand New.

The definitive collection of Amis's deft and comic stories, now in paperback

The short stories of Kingsley Amis - the great master of post-war comic prose - are dark, playful, moving, surprising and extremely funny. This definitive collection gathers all Amis's short fiction in a single volume for the first time and encompasses five decades of storytelling. In 'The 2003 Claret', written in 1958, a time machine is invented for the weighty task of sending a man to 2010 to discover what the booze will taste like. In 'Boris and the Colonel' a Cambridge spy is unearthed in the sleepy English countryside with the help of a plucky horse, while In 'Mason's Life' two men meet inside their respective dreams. The collection spans many genres, offering ingenious alternative histories, mystery and horror, satirical reflections and a devilishly funny attacks. Amis's stories reveal the scope of his imagination and the warmth beneath his acerbic humour, and they all share the unmistakable style and wit of one of Britain's best loved writers.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780141195292
Published: April 2013

Number of pages: 528
Width: 131 mm
Height: 197 mm
Depth: 23 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd