{"product_id":"the-old-devils-kingsley-amis-9798212185141","title":"The Old Devils","description":"\u003cp\u003eA pub gathering of elderly married couples devolves into mischief in this \"sharp and funny\" British comedy about marriage, aging, and friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAge has done everything except mellow the characters in Kingsley Amis's The Old Devils, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered by Martin Amis to be Kingsley Amis's greatest achievement--a book that \"stands comparison with any English novel of the [twentieth] century\"--The Old Devils confronts the attrition of aging with rare candor, sympathy, and moral intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kingsley Amis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8212185141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798212185141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blackstone Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.90h x 5.60w x 1.10d","brand":"Kingsley Amis","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44072397603071,"sku":"9798212185141","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_89b69be6-bd76-44d3-9542-e80b63b4b205.jpg?v=1685441720","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-old-devils-kingsley-amis-9798212185141","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}