{"product_id":"9781590175767","title":"The Old Devils","description":"\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041005289712,"sku":"9781590175767","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781590175767_p0.jpg?v=1763809652","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781590175767","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}