Everyman’s Drinking
November 17, 2008
Although my copy of Lucky Jim is lying quietly on the bedside table, Everyday Drinking arrived today at my bookstore. As I went to pick it up and read the first few pages, I smiled, uninterruptedly. The wonders of drinking lie not only in drinking itself but also in talking and thinking about drinking. All my stories have drinking characters. Actually, I think that my characters drink for 2/3 of each story. (When they’re not in the story, they must be recovering from the alcohol, I imagine).
And Amis’ style makes me laugh out loud.
