by Kingsley Amis · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140055108
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«Girl, 20» is the satirical novel by British writer Kingsley Amis, published by Penguin in paperback (233 pages, in English).
The novel follows Sir Roy Vandervane, a veteran London composer and orchestra conductor, eternal libertine and enthusiastic progressive. His relationship with a much younger woman stirs up his romantic and family life; with irony, Amis portrays postwar British society, its contradictions, and tensions between generations.
Original edition 1971 (Jonathan Cape); this Penguin edition is from 1980.
A novel for readers of literary fiction with humor and social satire.
Sir Kingsley William Amis 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. He is best known for satirical comedies such as Lucky Jim (1954), One Fat Englishman (1963), Ending Up (1974), Jake's Thing (1978) and The Old Devils (1986). His biographer Zachary Leader called Amis "the finest English comic novelist of the second half of the twentieth century." In 2008, The Times ranked him ninth on a list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. He was the father of the novelist Martin Amis. Amis was knighted in 1990.
