The Amis Collection

''Amis has no faults. He is clever witty ironical'' GuardianWhat advice can one give a green young author? What purpose do literary prizes serve? Where on earth can a man get a decent bite to eat? This entertaining collection is vintage Kingsley Amis revealing him at his most robust and incisive cutting a swathe through such subjects as writers and writing ''Abroad'' eating and drinking music language and education. He turns a clear and critical eye on Evelyn Waugh Anthony Powell Anthony Burgess Ian Fleming and Philip Larkin and does not spare their potential readers in ''Sod the Public: A Consumer''s Guide''. In typically razor-sharp wicked and witty prose Amis tackles the culture and conceits of his era.