An interview with the man in which he says his, arguably more famous, father Kingley was a harsh critic of his work, "he sent my novel Money twirling through the air the moment I appeared as a minor character in it, because that's buggering the reader about" and other stuff. I doubt I'll be blogging them, but with publication of his latest novel Yellow Dog imminent, you can expect a lot more interviews ahead. Here's a website that will probably help you keep in touch if you are interested.
Posted by Joe at August 30, 2003 01:05 PMI think Kingley is in denial that authors almost invariably tend to appear in their novels, although this fact is not often brought to the readers' attention.
Posted by: DJ at August 30, 2003 01:45 PMEr, I thought Kingley had an "s" squeezed in there somewhere about midway?
Posted by: martin at September 2, 2003 07:40 AM'cept I think Amis snr. has always thought himself as royal in literature circles!
Posted by: Joe at September 3, 2003 11:03 PMJust picked this up in London for GBP3 off. And think of what I saved in shipping!!
Posted by: DJ at September 18, 2003 11:37 AMYou got the hardback I take it - paperback can't be out yet I'm guessing. How much?
Posted by: Joe at September 18, 2003 01:05 PMSorry, don't recall now and I've destroyed all the evidence. I suspect it was less than GBP15.
Yes, hardcover.
How much of this failure to recall do you suppose is attributable to the fact that C was guiding me through a retrospective of nude photography just before the checkout?
Posted by: DJ at September 19, 2003 12:54 AM