Dear illusion
Amis, Kingsley2011
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This is one of 50 fascinating, disturbing, moving or funny short books published in an appealing new format to celebrate the 50th anniversary of 'Penguin Modern Classics'. 'I suppose it was conceited of me. But it was fun. And I felt like getting a bit of my own back on some of the people who'd conned and flattered me into wasting all those years.' In this wry, piercing short story from one of the greatest of all British postwar writers, an ageing poet considers the value of his art - and of the critics who've found genius in it. Then, with his final work, he exercises a unique revenge . . .
Main title:
Dear illusion / Kingsley Amis.
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Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2011.
Collation:
59 p. ; 17 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: London : Covent Garden Press, 1972."Dear illusion first published in Covent Garden stories no. 1"--Prelim.Formerly CIP. Uk
ISBN:
9780141195735 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.914
Local class:
F
Language:
English
BRN:
2078029
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