The Anti-Death League
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The Anti-Death League is a 1966 novel by Kingsley Amis that blends black comedy, espionage, and philosophical inquiry into mortality within a British military setting.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Kingsley Amis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
human fear of death
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problem of evil ⓘ tension between rationalism and belief ⓘ |
| followsInAuthorOeuvre | The Egyptologists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
ⓘ
espionage fiction ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Catherine Casement
NERFINISHED
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Colonel Cartwright NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. Best NERFINISHED ⓘ James Churchill NERFINISHED ⓘ Major “Appleseed” NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMotiveForce | mysterious secret military project ⓘ |
| hasReception | critically discussed for its ambition and complexity ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
absurdity of existence
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bureaucracy ⓘ death ⓘ espionage ⓘ faith and doubt ⓘ love ⓘ mortality ⓘ religion ⓘ suicide ⓘ war ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar British fiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combination of spy-story elements with metaphysical questions
ⓘ
critique of military and intelligence institutions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 400 ⓘ |
| partOf | Kingsley Amis bibliography ⓘ |
| precedesInAuthorOeuvre | I Want It Now NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gollancz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
British military establishment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
contemporary Britain ⓘ |
| structure | multi-strand narrative ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | Cold War era ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
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satirical ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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subject surface form:
Kingsley Amis