by Kingsley Amis · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140057386
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In twenty-first century England ruled by the Russians, Alexander Petrovsky, a dashing young cavalry officer, seeks thrills and becomes involved in a dangerous game of counter-revolutionary politics. In attempting to give England back to the English, he unwittingly joins a game of Russian hide-and-seek, similar to Russian roulette, but in the dark and with the intention to kill others. This comedy by Kingsley Amis offers a satirical and biting vision of a dystopian future where ideologies fade and power corrupts.
Sir Kingsley William Amis was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, short stories, radio and television scripts, and works of social and literary criticism. He is best known for satirical comedies such as Lucky Jim (1954), One Fat Englishman (1963), Ending Up (1974), Jake's Thing (1978) and The Old Devils (1986). His biographer Zachary Leader called Amis "the finest English comic novelist of the second half of the twentieth century." In 2008, The Times ranked him ninth on a list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. He was the father of the novelist Martin Amis. Amis was knighted in 1990.
