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Kingsley Amis

Michael Parkinson's castaway is writer Kingsley Amis.

Kingsley Amis won the 1986 Booker Prize for his novel The Old Devils. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he talks about his childhood in South London, the success of his first published novel Lucky Jim, which he wrote when a lecturer at Swansea University, and his subsequent career as a don at Cambridge and then as a full-time novelist.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Runnin' Wild by Wild Bill Davison
Book: Oxford English Dictionary
Luxury: Scotch whiskey

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 14 Nov 1986 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Orchestra: J. Strauss Orchestra of Vienna Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute Act 2

    Soloist: Irma Beilke, Carla Spletter, Rut Berglund Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Bix Beiderbecke

    I'm Coming, Virginia

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

    Symphony No. 9 in E minor 'From the New World'

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

  • Jimmy Rushing

    Exactly Like You

    Artist: Count Basie and Orchestra

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major

    Soloist: Emil Giles

  • Pee Wee Russell

    Strut Miss Lizzie

    Artist: Eddie Condon + Band

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wild Bill Davison

      Runnin' Wild

      Artist: Sidney Bechet

  • Book Choice

    • Oxford English Dictionary

  • Luxury Choice

    • Scotch whiskey

Credits

Presenter Michael Parkinson
Interviewed Guest Kingsley Amis

Broadcasts

  • Sun 9 Nov 1986 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 14 Nov 1986 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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