 | "Focus
on Kingsley Amis." Bill Brandt's short biographical sketch of
Kingsley, accompanied by a telling 1975 photo of father and son (1995). |
 | "The
Angry Young Lesbian Fanciers." Humphrey Carpenter does some dirty
work at the Bodleian Library, reading the Kingsley Amis-Philip Larkin
letters in preparation for his book on The Angry Young Men, and reports on
them for The Times (London), 16 April 2000. |
 | "Daddy
Dearest." Vanessa Thorpe of The Observer writes of the
Kingsley-Martin relationship, The Letters of Kingsley Amis, and Experience
(16 April 2000). |
 | "Amis played the angry old man over son's
success." Adam Sherwin on Kingsley's animus toward his son's success in
The Times (London), 10 April 2000. |
 | "Father
and Son Reunion." John Walsh of The Independent writes of
the Kingsley-Amis relationship and braces himself for Experience and The
Letters of Kingsley Amis (31 March 2000). |
 | "The
Laddish Letters of Kingsley Amis." Review of The Letters of
Kingsley Amis in the Guardian & Observer online by John Ezard
(10 April, 2000). |
 | From
The Guardian, 8 April 2000: "Meanwhile, fans of Amis fils et
père will be interested to hear that Elizabeth Jane Howard, one-time Mrs
Kingsley, is to publish her autobiography. Given that Howard makes more than
a fleeting appearance in her former husband's soon-to-be published letters,
and that her stepson Martin's memoir, Experience, is also due out in a month
or so's time, this could be a great opportunity for a bit of score-settling." |
 | "All
about my father." Amis is interviewed by Alan Rusbridger
in The Guardian (7 May 2000) on the eve of the publication of Experience
(and excerpts in The Guardian) "about why," in the words of
Guardian editors, "after the death of his
father; Kingsley, he decided to put the record straight--and settle a few
scores." |
 | "The
Old Devil Has All the Best Letters." Katharine Whitehorn reviews The
Letters of Kingsley Amis for Books Unlimited (7 May 2000). |
 | "Kingsley
Amis and 'Little Shit' Martin." Christopher Hitchens writes about
the Kingsley-Martin relationship for the Evening Standard Online, 8
May 2000. |
 | "Dear
Martin, Yours Eric." Eric Jacobs, Kingsley Amis's biographer and
would-be editor of his letters, talks of the feud that erupted between him
and Martin Amis after Kingsley's death (The Times, 11 May 2000). |
 | "I
didn't know I was going to incur such hatred over the years."
Elizabeth Jane Howard talks about her 18-year marriage to Kingsley Amis--and
his "truculent" teenage sons (The Electronic Telegraph, 16
May 2000). |
 | "The
Old Devil." Julie Burchill, writing in the Guardian &
Observer online, uses a review of The Letters of Kingsley Amis as
a club to bash Martin with (20
May 2000). |
 | "Will
They Survive?" Writing in the New Statesman, D.J. Taylor
takes the long view of Kingsley and Martin--and reviews The Letters of
Kingsley Amis and Experience while he's at it. |
 | "A
Feast at the Amis Table." Karl Miller reviews The Letters of
Kingsley Amis and Experience for the Sunday Herald
(Scotland), 25 May 2000. |
 | "The
Importance of Being Amis, Revisited," by David Galef.
The Southwest Review, Volume 87, Number 4, 2002.
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