{"product_id":"9781590176634","title":"Girl, 20","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eAmis, Kingsley; Jacobson, Howard\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNYRB Classics\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9\/17\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eKingsley Amis, along with being the funniest English writer of his  generation was a great chronicler of the fads and absurdities of his  age, and \u003ci\u003eGirl, 20\u003c\/i\u003e is a delightfully incisive dissection of the  flower-power phase of the 1960s. Amis’s antihero, Sir Roy Vandervane, a  conductor and composer who bears more than a passing resemblance to  Leonard Bernstein, is a pillar of the establishment whohas fallen hard  for protest, bellbottoms, and the electric guitar. And since vain Sir  Vandervane is a great success, he is also free to pursue his greatest  failing: a taste for younger and younger women. Highborn hippie Sylvia  (not, in fact, twenty) is his latest infatuation and a threat to his  whole family, from his drama-queen wife, Kitty, to Penny, his  long-suffering daughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll this is recounted by Douglas  Yandell, a music critic with his own love problems, who finds that he  too has a part in this story of botched artistry, bumbling celebrity,  and scheming family, in a time that for all its high-minded talk is as  low and dishonest as any other.","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43374870888703,"sku":"9781590176634","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781590176634_s600x595.jpg?v=1782149159","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781590176634","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}