Death of Kingsley Amis
- Title
- Death of Kingsley Amis
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary
- TX Date
- 22 Oct 1995
- Year of production
- 1995
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- Duration
- 00:02:01
- Description
- Nicola Jackson looks back on the life and work of writer Sir Kingsley Amis, author of Lucky Jim and The Old Devils, who has died at St Pancras Hospital this morning after suffering a fall and crushed vertebrae last month. Includes archive interview with Amis on his hope he makes people laugh, his enjoyment in offending them, and on finding something to say when someone has suddenly died.
- Contributors
- Nicola Jackson; Kingsley Amis
- Keywords
- Authors; Deaths; Writers; Novelists; Kingsley Amis; Lucky Jim; The Old Devils
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