Tag Archives: Kingsley Amis

Atheism – Kingsley Amis

February 2, 2017 – 5:19 pm

“Yevgeny Yevtushenko: ‘You atheist?’ “Kingsley Amis: ‘Well, yes, but it’s more that I hate him.” ― Kingsley Amis Foto for gratuitous titillation by Ali Formenti

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Hangover Ratings

July 14, 2016 – 11:06 am

Bastille Day is a French drinking holiday. The French word for hang-over is ‘gueule de bois’. In Thai it is ‘hang’. If I spoke to Caesar, I’d say that I was ‘crapula’ which is Latin for fucked up the day after, but no one put it better than Kingsley Amis, who once said, “I had […]

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EVERYDAY DRINKING by Kingsley Amis

March 27, 2014 – 11:45 am

Not everyone is cut out to be a drinker. It’s an exacting devotion. Appreciation and dedication are not to be found at TGIFs or mall beer joints, unless the serious drinker has no other choice, since everyone knows that drinking alone is a serious indication of alcoholism. As long as there’s one other living person […]

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Annals of Drinking / A Few Too Many

September 29, 2012 – 7:24 pm

My landlord subscribes to the New Yorker. I read the magazine from time to time. Never all of it, but I cherrypick the articles and several years ago I was drawn to Joan Accocela’s THE ANNALS OF DRINKING / A Few Too Many, which was probably the best-written piece to be published in that esteemed […]

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Kingsley Amis Quote of the Day

January 20, 2011 – 8:38 pm

“I have a hang-over bad enough to think I’m sprouting antlers.” – Kingsley Amis And I like many know that feeling.

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