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That Uncertain Feeling (novel)
''That Uncertain Feeling'' is a comic novel by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1955. In 1961, the book was made into a film starring Peter Sellers, with the title changed to ''Only Two Can Play'', to avoid confusion with similar contemporary titles. It was also adapted by the BBC in 1986 as a television series, starring Denis Lawson and Sheila Gish Sheila Gish (born Sheila Anne Syme Gash; 23 April 1942 – 9 March 2005) was an English actress. For her role in the 1995 London revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical '' Company'', she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance ..., this time with the original title. Plot A satire on life and culture in a Welsh seaside town, the story concerns a married librarian who begins an affair with the bored wife of a local bigwig. Amis, an English incomer to Swansea in real life, mocks Wales's devotion to culture and learning as false and pretentious. In The Old Devils, one of the central characters, the writer Alun We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amis That Uncertain Feeling
Amis may refer to: * Amis (surname) * Amis people (or ''Amis''), a tribe of Taiwanese aborigines * Amis language, an indigenous language of Taiwan * AMIS (ISP), an Internet service provider (ISP) in Slovenia and Croatia * Amis et Amiles, an old French romance The acronym AMIS may stand for: * Association for Music in International Schools, an association "dedicated to the promotion of excellence in all levels of music education." * African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) * American Musical Instrument Society (AMIS) * AMI Semiconductor, designer and manufacturer of silicon chips * Atari Message Information System, a bulletin board system for 8-bit Atari computers * Audio Messaging Interchange Specification, a method to move messages from one voice mail system to another * Alternate Multiplex Interrupt Specification, a method of sharing a software interrupt by many TSR programs * Abandoned Mines Information System The Abandoned Mines Information System (AMIS) is a database created b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |