Novelists Veeky Forums would like if they weren't so caught up in acquiring prestige by reading faddy, prolix things like IJ, or scholar's writers like Joyce, etc.
Kingsley Amis
>satirizes the excesses of modern culture, especially the excesses of the progressive elements of modern culture in many of his best novels, Girl, 20, Lucky Jim, etc. Does this so well that both sides, progressive and conservative, attack him for being bigoted and lowbrow respectively.
>keen grasp on things like irritation, self-destruction, the pleasure of cruelty, etc, not often captures in novels about the 'great issues of our time.'
>captures everyday detail and interaction especially well
>writes in an accessible but not plain style, full of clever metaphors, dialect, defamiliarizing descriptions, jokes, etc.
>writes both literary and genre (spy, ghost, alt-history) effectively.
Carson Sanders
Where should I start with Amis? Been meaning to get into him lately because my friend sold him to me as a fun old crotchety fuck.
Lucky Jim maybe?
Christopher Price
Amis is one of the writers who was more popular on here in the past. Lucky Jim was mentioned in just about every thread dedicated to humorous novels. I think that stopped because Veeky Forums is triggered vy academia these days. That said, I think Veeky Forums could enjoy some Martin Amis as well.
Gabriel Sullivan
Veeky Forums like Kingsley even though he's just a shittier version of maugham
it's his faggot son that we hate
David Clark
Lucky Jim is good if you're down for a campus novel. The Alteration is a good choice if you enjoy works set in alternate histories.
Leo Lee
>Kingsley and Maugham even remotely the same nigger what
Chase Peterson
You can start anywhere with Amis- he isnt Joyce. Girl, 20, Lucky Jim, The Green Man, Anti-Death League, are all among his best.
Josiah Bennett
Lucky Jim is the standard but I'd suggest Girl, 20, The Green Man, or Ending up as starting places. You should read Lucky Jim eventually because it is historically important, and good, but it isn't his best imo.
Ending Up is a great and short novel about old people being assholes to each other. Girl, 20 is Amis' take on the Age of Innocence (everything is going to shit,) except it's the 60s and not the turn of the century in New York. The Green Man is Amis' take on a classic ghost story, mainly a guy drinking in a pub-inn.
Benjamin Peterson
>satirizes Eh, pass. I graduated high school a while ago.
