Amis, Kingsley
Amis, Kingsley (1922–95) English novelist, father of Martin
Amis. Amis' debut novel
Lucky Jim (1954) is a classic of post-1945 British fiction. A sparkling satire on academia, it established Amis as one of the
Angry Young Men. Other novels include
That Uncertain Feeling (1955),
Take a Girl Like You (1960),
One Fat Englishman (1963),
Girl, 20 (1971), and
Stanley and the Women (1984). Amis wrote a James Bond novel,
Colonel Sun (1968), under the pseudonym Robert Markham. His tragicomedy
The Old Devils (1986) won the Booker Prize.
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Netherlands
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Netherlands , Du. Nederland or Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, officially Kingdom of the Netherlands, constitutional monarchy (2005 est...includes two overseas territories, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba in the Caribbean Sea...
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The Netherlands
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
The Netherlands Official name: Kingdom of the Netherlands Area: 41,526 square kilometers (16,033 square miles...kilometers (12 nautical miles) 1 LOCATION AND SIZE The Netherlands (formerly also known as Holland) is located in Western...
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Netherlands, Southern
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
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Netherlands Antilles
Encyclopedia entry from: World Education Encyclopedia
Netherlands Antilles Basic Data Official Country Name: Netherlands Antilles Region: Puerto Rico & Lesser Antilles...Papiamento, English, Spanish Literacy Rate: 98% The Netherlands Antilles consists of two groups of islands in the...
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Netherlands, the
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Netherlands, the A European country on the North...east and Belgium on the south, the Netherlands is built up of sediment brought by the...independence of the United Provinces of the Netherlands (the northern provinces, which formed...
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