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The king's English
a guide to modern usage
By Amis, Kingsley
- ISBN
- 978-0-31218-601-2
- Publisher
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 15, 1998
Praised as a superb prose stylist, British writer Amis, who died in 1995, was nonetheless controversial, variously labeled a Communist, Thatcher conservative, alcoholic, misogynist, and philander. Even in The King's English, an entertaining manual that is hardly meant to be exhaustive, Amis's wit and candid opinion prevail. Anyone wishing to distin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
