Told with Amis' piercing wit and humanity, Ending Up is a wickedly funny black comedy of the indignities of old age. © Kingsley Amis (P) Penguin Audio Classics Literary Fiction Dark Humor. The humor in Ending Up arises naturally from the characters and the action; nothing struck me as forced to produce a laugh. Similar to B. S. Johnson’s House Mother Normal, I highly recommend this Kingsley Amis novel since odds are we will all live to see old age and a little bit of knowledge of this subject via literature isn’t a bad thing/5(5). ENDING UP. by Kingsley Amis ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 25, When all is said and done, Mr. Amis and his readers should all be ready to make voluntary contributions to the Euthanasia Society although there are no suggestions to that effect here. This is a mercifully shorter book than the process of old age and dying and also a very literal view from the bottom — scatological beyond the failure of man's Author: Kirkus Reviews.
The humor in Ending Up arises naturally from the characters and the action; nothing struck me as forced to produce a laugh. Similar to B. S. Johnson's House Mother Normal, I highly recommend this Kingsley Amis novel since odds are we will all live to see old age and a little bit of knowledge of this subject via literature isn't a bad thing. Ending Up. by Kingsley Amis. NYRB Classics. Share your thoughts Complete your review. Tell readers what you thought by rating and reviewing this book. Rate it * You Rated it * 0. 1 Star - I hated it 2 Stars - I didn't like it 3 Stars - It was OK 4 Stars - I liked it 5 Stars - I loved it. Ending Up. by Kingsley Amis. Penguin Modern Classics. Share your thoughts Complete your review. Tell readers what you thought by rating and reviewing this book. Rate it * You Rated it * 0. 1 Star - I hated it 2 Stars - I didn't like it 3 Stars - It was OK 4 Stars - I liked it 5 Stars - I loved it.
ENDING UP is a funny novel about the inevitability of growing old and dealing with the vast array of issues that come along with this mortal condition. It is ironic and funny that each of these septuagenarians are responsible for his or her own demise at the end of the book. Told with Amis' piercing wit and humanity, Ending Up is a wickedly funny black comedy of the indignities of old age. © Kingsley Amis (P) Penguin Audio Classics Literary Fiction Dark Humor. Ending Up. Written by Kingsley Amis. Kingsley Amis’ deliciously malicious tale tackles twin irritations: the inevitability of growing old, and living in a world inhabited by others. At Tuppenny-ha’penny Cottage in the English countryside, five elderly people live together in rancorous disharmony. Adela Bastable bosses the house, as her brother Bernard passes his days thinking up malicious schemes against the baby-talking Marigold and secret drinker Shorty, while kindly George lies.
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