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Ideal for readers who appreciate sharp, comic literary fiction with mature themes, those interested in explorations of middle age and sexuality, and fans of classic British novelists.
Jake Richardson, an Oxford don nearing sixty with a lifetime's lechery behind him, is in pursuit of his lost libido and heads off to the consulting room of a miniature sex therapist. As liberationists abuse him, a campus hostess bores him into bed - and even his own wife starts acting oddly - Jake seriously begins to wonder.
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A powerful read brought back to life; surprising, honest and witty at every turn.
Jake's Thing centres on Jake Richardson, an Oxford don nearing sixty with a lifetime's lechery behind him, in pursuit of his lost libido. He heads off to the consulting room of a miniature sex therapist. Not one to disobey a doctor's orders, he runs the full humiliating gamut of sex labs and trendy 'workshops', where more than souls are bared.
He decks himself with cunning gadgetry, dreams up a weekly fantasy, pets diligently with his overweight wife, and browses listlessly through porn magazines behind locked doors. Is sex really worth it? As liberationists abuse him, a campus hostess bores him into bed, and even his own wife starts acting oddly, Jake seriously begins to wonder.
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Critics praise Kingsley Amis for his sharp wit and storytelling prowess. The Mail on Sunday notes he "amazes at every turn," while John Mortimer highlights him as a "genuine comic writer" with a lasting influence. The Sunday Telegraph lauds Amis as "the laureate of the unsayable," delivering a powerful, explicit, and humorous narrative.
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ISBN: 9780099512172
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 October 2007
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 202g
Pages: 288
About the Author
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.
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