The Biographer's Moustache
by Amis, Kingsley
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0002253305
- ISBN 13
- 9780002253307
- Seller
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Flamingo, 1995. First edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. The book is in very good condition though with some light tanning of the pages. The dust jacket is also very good with jst a very small amount of shelf wear along the top edge and some discolouration to the spine. 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. Amis's keen eye for the nuances of class difference has never been put to sharper use. Deliciously wicked and delightfully mischievous, tis tale mercilessly exposes a literary world of pretension and vanity while poignantly revealing the potential for love across the social divide.
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- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1302177
- Title
- The Biographer's Moustache
- Author
- Amis, Kingsley
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0002253305
- ISBN 13
- 9780002253307
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Modern fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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