The Biographer's Moustache
Author: Amis, Kingsley
ISBN: 9780006548713
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Year First Published: 1996
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 17mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
Gordon Scott-Thompson, a struggling hack, gets commissioned to write the biography of veteran novelist, Jimmie Fane. It is a task which proves to be fraught with extraordinary and unforeseen difficulties.
Fane, an unashamed snob, has many pet hates, including younger men with moustaches and trendy pronuncation. Scott-Thompson, however, is extrememly attached to his own moustache and not so particular about his use of language. It doesn’t help matters that Fane’s wife Joanna isn’t yet sure what she feels about coustaches, but has decided views on younger men.
ISBN: 9780006548713
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Year First Published: 1996
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 17mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
Gordon Scott-Thompson, a struggling hack, gets commissioned to write the biography of veteran novelist, Jimmie Fane. It is a task which proves to be fraught with extraordinary and unforeseen difficulties.
Fane, an unashamed snob, has many pet hates, including younger men with moustaches and trendy pronuncation. Scott-Thompson, however, is extrememly attached to his own moustache and not so particular about his use of language. It doesn’t help matters that Fane’s wife Joanna isn’t yet sure what she feels about coustaches, but has decided views on younger men.
