by Kingsley Amis · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140130430
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The Green Man is a novel by British author Kingsley Amis, published in 1969. The story follows Maurice Allington, an innkeeper, who confronts paranormal events and the appearance of the ghost of a sadistic 17th-century clergyman. The novel combines elements of horror, black humor, and social criticism, exploring themes such as morality, religion, and the decay of modern society.
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.
