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The Anti-Death League by Kingsley Amis
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The Anti-Death League

by Kingsley Amis

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Canonical titleThe Anti-Death League
Original publication date1966
Awards and honorsAnthony Burgess: 99 Novels (1966)
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Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 014002803X, Paperback)

Brian Leonard, a Monty Python of secret agents, meets James Churchill, a young officer, at an English army base where preparations are under way for Operation Apollo. To complicate matters, Churchill has gone round-the-bend for a parole from the mental ward.

Thrown amongst these loose cannons is a widowed beauty who practices "conspicuous polyandry," an unfocused psychiatrist, an unbelieving chaplain, and a charming alcoholic.

"Amis delights in combining espionage, violence, love and religious skepticism. Such disparate elements, like dishpans and fire rings, challenge his juggler's dexterity. Who wins? The reader!" (Publisher's Source)

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