{"product_id":"9780141194226-difficulties-with-girls","title":"Difficulties With Girls","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJenny Bunn and Patrick Standish have settled into London life with their troubled courtship long behind them. Patrick works in publishing and Jenny teaches sick children in a hospital. They have reached a certain level of maturity, or so they think.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Kingsley Amis's \u003ci\u003eDifficulties With Girls,\u003c\/i\u003e Jenny Bunn and Patrick Standish have settled into London life with their troubled courtship long behind them. Patrick works in publishing and Jenny teaches sick children in a hospital. They have reached a certain level of maturity, or so they think. It is not long before they realize their respectability will be severely tested by seductive neighbours with a taste for whisky, the sexually confused Ted Valentine, and the literary set of Hampstead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this funny and provocative study of a young couple growing up, Amis shows us that the difficulty with marriage is that it's so hard to preserve, especially when Patrick and Jenny harbour deep yearnings for a different kind of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKingsley Amis's (1922-95) works take a humorous yet highly critical look at British society, especially in the period following the end of World War II. Born in London, Amis explored his disillusionment in novels such as \u003ci\u003eThat Uncertain Feeling\u003c\/i\u003e (1955). His other works include \u003ci\u003eThe Green Man \u003c\/i\u003e(1970), \u003ci\u003eStanley and the Women\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), and \u003ci\u003eThe Old Devils\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), which won the Booker Prize. Amis also wrote poetry, criticism, and short stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451314975094,"sku":"9780141194226","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32395799.jpg?v=1760461729","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141194226-difficulties-with-girls","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}