{"product_id":"the-old-devils","title":"The Old Devils","description":"\u003cb\u003eBOOKER PRIZE WINNER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA pub gathering of elderly married couples devolves into booze-inflected reminiscing--and complaining--in this \"sharp and funny\" English comedy about marriage, aging, and friendship (\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAge has done everything except mellow the characters in Kingsley Amis's \u003ci\u003eThe Old Devils\u003c\/i\u003e, which turns its humane and ironic gaze on a group of Welsh married couples who have been spending their golden years--when \"all of a sudden the evening starts starting after breakfast\"--nattering, complaining, reminiscing, and, above all, drinking. This more or less orderly social world is thrown off-kilter, however, when two old friends unexpectedly return from England: Alun Weaver, now a celebrated man of Welsh letters, and his entrancing wife, Rhiannon. Long-dormant rivalries and romances are rudely awakened, as life at the Bible and Crown, the local pub, is changed irrevocably. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConsidered by Martin Amis to be Kingsley Amis's greatest achievement--a book that \"stands comparison with any English novel of the [twentieth] century\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Old Devils\u003c\/i\u003e confronts the attrition of ageing with rare candor, sympathy, and moral intelligence.","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48123970584765,"sku":"BS-TC0-175767","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781590175767-HD.jpg?v=1787093516","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/the-old-devils","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}