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One Fat Englishman

Author: Kingsley Amis
ISBN #: B000J504ZC
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd
Publisher Location: London
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: no jacket
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 1963
lightest wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, no jacket, clean and unmarked. First printing, no others noted. The fifth novel by Amis. "They (the characters) are all presented with glee and gusto and the keenest wit, but it is Roger Micheldene--at once a prototype of the insufferable Englishman and an individual with sufficient humor to win our sneaking sympathy--who dominates a supremely entertaining comedy of bad manners." (Publisher's Source) The book is dedicated to the woman who wouLd become Amis' second wife. The title, however, famously comes from his first who (according to his biographer) upon discovering the affair "wrote on his exposed back in lipstick: "1 FAT ENGLISHMAN I F**K ANYTHING". Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.