Stanley and the women / Kingsley Amis.
Attractive, prosperous and happily remarried, Stanley Duke leads a life that is positively enviable--that is, until it becomes apparent that his teenage son, Steve, is going mad. It isn't that Steve suddenly tears up a copy of Bellow's Herzog, or cranks his stereo to ear-shattering levels....
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Summit Books,
[1984]
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| Summary: | Attractive, prosperous and happily remarried, Stanley Duke leads a life that is positively enviable--that is, until it becomes apparent that his teenage son, Steve, is going mad. It isn't that Steve suddenly tears up a copy of Bellow's Herzog, or cranks his stereo to ear-shattering levels...that's normal. It's his pursuit by cosmic forces that concerns his father. Stanley's confrontation with his son's madness give Amis the opportunity to pull off a comic masterpiece. |
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| Physical Description: | 255 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 0671603175 9780671603175 |