Complete Stories
Complete Stories by Kingsley Amis, published by Penguin Classics in 2013, is a comprehensive collection that showcases the author’s mastery of post-war comic prose. This edition features 514 pages of short fiction, bringing together all of Amis’s stories for the first time. The collection spans five decades and presents a variety of narratives that are dark, playful, and often humorous, reflecting the author’s unique voice and style.
Readers will find a diverse range of tales within this volume, including inventive plots such as a time machine in ‘The 2003 Claret’ and a Cambridge spy uncovered in ‘Boris and the Colonel.’ The stories explore themes of alternative histories, mystery, and satire, revealing the depth of Amis’s imagination and the warmth underlying his sharp wit. This definitive anthology serves as a testament to the literary contributions of Kingsley Amis, offering insights into his storytelling prowess across multiple genres.
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The short stories of Kingsley Amis – the great master of post-war comic prose – are dark, playful, moving, surprising and extremely funny. This definitive collection gathers all Amis’s short fiction in a single volume for the first time and encompasses five decades of storytelling. In ‘The 2003 Claret’, written in 1958, a time machine is invented for the weighty task of sending a man to 2010 to discover what the booze will taste like. In ‘Boris and the Colonel’ a Cambridge spy is unearthed in the sleepy English countryside with the help of a plucky horse, while In ‘Mason’s Life’ two men meet inside their respective dreams. The collection spans many genres, offering ingenious alternative histories, mystery and horror, satirical reflections and a devilishly funny attacks. Amis’s stories reveal the scope of his imagination and the warmth beneath his acerbic humour, and they all share the unmistakable style and wit of one of Britain’s best loved writers.
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