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Girl, 20

Kingsley Amis author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:2nd Jun '11

Should be back in stock very soon

Girl, 20 cover

Douglas Yandell, a young-ish music critic, is enlisted by Kitty Vandervane to keep an eye on her roving husband - the eminent conductor and would-be radical Sir Roy - as he embarks on yet another affair. Roy, meanwhile, wants Douglas as an alibi for his growing involvement with Sylvia, an unsuitably young woman who loves nothing more than to shock and provoke. Life soon becomes extremely complicated as Douglas finds himself caught up in a frantic, farcical tangle of relationships, rivalry and scandal.

Girl, 20 is a merciless send-up of 1970s London's permissive society from a master of uproarious comedy.

'Not only a very funny book, it also hits dozens of nails smartly on the head' * Observer *
'Kingsley Amis has a wicked ear ... and a stiletto pen for pseuds' * The Times *

ISBN: 9780141194240

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 15mm

Weight: 181g

240 pages