KINGLSEY AMIS Booker Prize Winner ANTI-DEATH LEAGUE First Edition UK Satire War

Description: The Anti-Death Leagueby Kingsley AmisPublished by Victor Gollancz, London, 1966. First Edition. Good hardcover, in good dustjacket. Front free-endpaper has been removed, tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text, edge-wear and small chip to dj. 8vo, 352 pages. In this surreal comedy of soldiers and spies, Lieutenant James Churchill and his colleagues find themselves questioning their purpose. Are they for death or against it? These men of action will travel between the barracks, the lunatic asylum and the house of an aristocratic nymphomaniac in search of answers. For while few know the awful truth about Operation Apollo, the mission they are being trained for, fewer still understand the motives of the powerful psychiatrist Dr Best, who thinks he is surrounded by repressed homosexuals, and none know the identity of the secret agent among them. When the Anti-Death League is founded they are at last offered the chance to rebel and perhaps escape…Amis wrote in many genres including comedy, science fiction and mystery. He was regarded as one of the finest English comic novelists of the second half of the twentieth century. Amis won many awards during his time, including the Booker Prize, which he was shortlisted for three times before finally winning in 1986. Loc: E15StoreAdd to FavoritesFeedbackKINGLSEY AMIS Booker Prize Winner ANTI-DEATH LEAGUE First Edition UK Satire War The Anti-Death Leagueby Kingsley AmisPublished by Victor Gollancz, London, 1966. First Edition. Good hardcover, in good dustjacket. Front free-endpaper has been removed, tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text, edge-wear and small chip to dj. 8vo, 352 pages. In this surreal comedy of soldiers and spies, Lieutenant James Churchill and his colleagues find themselves questioning their purpose. Are they for death or against it? These men of action will travel between the barracks, the lunatic asylum and the house of an aristocratic nymphomaniac in search of answers. For while few know the awful truth about Operation Apollo, the mission they are being trained for, fewer still understand the motives of the powerful psychiatrist Dr Best, who thinks he is surrounded by repressed homosexuals, and none know the identity of the secret agent among them. When the Anti-Death League is founded they are at last offered the chance to rebel and perhaps escape…Amis wrote in many genres including comedy, science fiction and mystery. He was regarded as one of the finest English comic novelists of the second half of the twentieth century. Amis won many awards during his time, including the Booker Prize, which he was shortlisted for three times before finally winning in 1986. Loc: E15

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