Buy this book on-line AMIS**, KINGSLEY: : THE BIOGRAPHER'S MOUSTACHELONDON.FLAMINGO,1995. ISBN 0002253305.
UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,clean,protected,glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork illustrated upper wrap by Bill Gregory; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - and no corners bumped.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/tanned - as usual/normal - otherwise clean, contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to page corners. Publisher's unblemished,original plain,black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and near immaculate plain pale blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-282pp includes half-title+title pages,and 30 chapters.
Gordon Scott-Thompson,a struggling hack,gets commissioned to write the biography of veteran novelist,Jimmie Fane.It is a task which proves to be fraught with extraordinary and unforeseen difficulties.
Fane,an unashamed snob,has many pet hates,
including younger men with moustaches and trendy pronunciation.Scott-Thompson,however,is extremely attached to his own moustache and not so particular about his use of language.It doesn't help matters that Fane's wife Joanna isn't yet sure what she feels about moustaches, but has decided views on younger men.So,will Gordon have to part with his most distinctive facial feature for the sake of a publisher's advance? Or perhaps advances of an amorous nature will lead Gordon into even more dangerous complications. . . .
Kingsley Amis's keen eye for the nuances of class difference has never been put to sharper use.Deliciously wicked and delightfully mischievious,'The Biographer's Moustache' mercilessly exposes a literary world of pretension and vanity while poignantly revealing the potential for love across the social divide. Another superb copy.
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