{"product_id":"the-old-devils-9781590175767","title":"The Old Devils","description":"\u003cb\u003eBooker Prize Winner \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA pub gathering of elderly married couples devolves into mischief in this \"sharp and funny\" English comedy about marriage, aging, and friendship (\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Age has done everything except mellow the characters in Kingsley Amis's \u003ci\u003eThe Old Devils\u003c\/i\u003e, which turns its humane and ironic gaze on a group of Welsh married couples who have been spending their golden years--when \"all of a sudden the evening starts starting after breakfast\"--nattering, complaining, reminiscing, and, above all, drinking. This more or less orderly social world is thrown off-kilter, however, when two old friends unexpectedly return from England: Alun Weaver, now a celebrated man of Welsh letters, and his entrancing wife, Rhiannon. Long-dormant rivalries and romances are rudely awakened, as life at the Bible and Crown, the local pub, is changed irrevocably. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Considered by Martin Amis to be Kingsley Amis's greatest achievement--a book that \"stands comparison with any English novel of the [twentieth] century\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Old Devils\u003c\/i\u003e confronts the attrition of ageing with rare candor, sympathy, and moral intelligence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590175767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.11w x 0.64d","brand":"Kingsley Amis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43075511386293,"sku":"9781590175767","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c76adc40-3087-4f17-a76e-0335337affa1.jpg?v=1691467671","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-old-devils-9781590175767","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}