The Alteration

Informationen zum Autor Kingsley Amis was born in south London in 1922 and was educated at the City of London School and St John's College, Oxford. After the publication of Lucky Jim in 1954, Kingsley Amis wrote over twenty novels, including The Alteration, winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, The Old Devils , winner of the Booker Prize in 1986, and The Biographer's Moustache, which was to be his last book. He also wrote on politics, education, language, films, television, restaurants and drink. Kingsley Amis was awarded the CBE in 1981 and received a knighthood in 1990. He died in October 1995. Klappentext Hubert Anvil is a 10 year old boy blessed with the voice of an angel. The Church hierarchy decrees that Hubert should be turned into a castrato - an alteration that could bring Hubert fame and fortune, but would also cut him off from an adult world he is curious to discover. Zusammenfassung Hubert Anvil is a 10 year old boy blessed with the voice of an angel. The Church hierarchy decrees that Hubert should be turned into a castrato - an alteration that could bring Hubert fame and fortune, but would also cut him off from an adult world he is curious to discover.

Product details

• Authors: Kingsley Amis
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2004
• EAN: 9780099461081
• ISBN: 978-0-09-946108-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Science Fiction, FICTION / General, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, Modern and contemporary fiction, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: general and literary