Kingsley Amis on Desert Island Discs: November 9th 1986 (Part Three)

Kingsley Amis won the 1986 Booker Prize for his novel The Old Devils. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he talks about his childhood in South London, the success of his first published novel Lucky Jim, which he wrote when a lecturer at Swansea University, and his subsequent career as a don at Cambridge and then as a full-time novelist.

[@robcmstephens]

What a great conversationalist.. plus his book on drink and drinking is amazing

[@Landlordbloke]

A wonderful entertaining man.

[@martinedwards3082]

the only reason i'm here is a book called the A-Z of hellraisers - kingsley amis features.