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9780091778903

Mr. Barrett's Secret

Mr. Barrett's Secret

by Kingsley Amis

Publisher Hutchinson

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About the book

Amis's first volume of short stories for over a decade includes Mr Barrett's secret account of his daughter Elizabeth's involvement with the poet Browning, and a sardonic depiction of the capitulation of America to Japan in World War II. By the author of "The Old Devils" and "Memoirs".

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About the Author

Kingsley Amis

Sir Kingsley William Amis CBE was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, short stories, radio and television scripts, and works of social and literary criticism.

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