That Uncertain Feeling

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-04-04 Pages: 256 Language:. English 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 Johns 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 doesnt know what he wants.