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In this vintage Amis novel, a chic socialite cruises like a predator on the prowl. She marks an easy target...John Aneuris Lewis, an assistant librarian, who seems an uncomplicated conquest.But Lewis is both more and less than he appears. Beneath this family-man facade lurks a poet, wit and visionary...also a budding lecher, for we soon find Lewis peering down the front of the socialite's dress. No wonder he has that uncertain feeling...he's looking into a bottomless pit!"The most truthful book about modern marriage to appear in many a year." --Phillip Oakes
In this vintage Amis novel, a chic socialite cruises like a predator on the prowl. She marks an easy target...John Aneuris Lewis, an assistant librarian, who seems an uncomplicated conquest.But Lewis is both more and less than he appears. Beneath this family-man facade lurks a poet, wit and visionary...also a budding lecher, for we soon find Lewis peering down the front of the socialite's dress. No wonder he has that uncertain feeling...he's looking into a bottomless pit!"The most truthful book about modern marriage to appear in many a year." --Phillip Oakes
Kingsley Amis
Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. He wrote more than twenty novels, three collections of poetry, short stories, radio and television scripts, and books...
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