Kingsley Amis — The Green Man

London, Jonathan Cape, 1969. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Kingsley Amis' first and only foray into supernatural writing. A lovely copy of this work. A Times Literary Supplement reviewer described The Green Man as 'three genres of novel in one' -  ghost story, moral fable, and comic novel. The novel reflects Amis's willingness to experiment with genre novels, while displaying many of the characteristics of his conventional novels, both in superficial aspects such as fogeyishness and problems with alcohol, and in more substantive aspects such as a self-reflective observation of human cruelty and selfishness in everyday relations. First edition.With the original unclipped dustwraper. A very smart copy of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, fine. In an excellent dustwrapper. Internally, there are a few spots to the bottom of the front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.