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Kingsley Amis
First broadcast: 2 February 1958
Huw Wheldon introduces this report from writer and critic Simon Raven, who travels to Swansea to converse with Kingsley Amis at the university where he teaches.
In this genial interview, Amis recalls his most famous character, Jim Dixon, the protagonist of Lucky Jim, and discusses his subsequent writing career, including the novel on which he is currently working (published as Take a Girl Like You).
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