Take A Girl Like You
$33.71
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
14 June 2013
Summary
A humorous exploration of the human preoccupation with sex in a style that is truly Kingsley’s own.
Twenty-year-old Jenny Bunn is supernaturally beautiful and stubbornly chaste, which is why Patrick Standish, an arrogant schoolmaster, wants her so much. This perceptive coming-of-age novel about a northern girl who moves south, wants to fit in, and yet wants to preserve her principles, challenges our assumptions about the battle of the sexes and classes in Britain. It is a story about …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141194271 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141194278 |
| Author: | Kingsley Amis |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 14 June 2013 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
Kingsley Amis
Kingsley Amis (1922-95) is known for his humorous yet highly critical perspective on British society, particularly in the post-World War II era. Born in London, Amis explored themes of disillusionment in novels such as That Uncertain Feeling (1955). His other works include The Green Man (1970), Stanley and the Women (1984), and The Old Devils (1986), which won the Booker Prize. Amis also wrote poetry, criticism, and short stories.
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