by Kingsley Amis · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140071955
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In the quiet English countryside of the 1930s, a seemingly motiveless murder baffles the police. Peter, a young man on the verge of sexual awakening, senses the truth behind the crime. Kingsley Amis weaves a tale of mystery and suspense in 'The Riverside Villas Murder', exploring the complexities of human nature and the secrets hidden behind the facade of respectability.
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.
