The Alteration, by Kingsley Amis, Jonathan Cape, 1976
The Alteration by Kingsley Amis is a sharply imaginative alternative history novel, first published in 1976, set in a world where the Protestant Reformation never took place and the Roman Catholic Church remains the dominant power in Europe. Combining satire, speculative fiction and social commentary, the novel follows the young Hubert Anvil as he faces a life-altering decision within this vividly reimagined society. Widely regarded as one of Amis's most inventive later works, the book won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for science fiction in 1977.
The Alteration, by Kingsley Amis.
Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, London. 1976 first edition.
A fine green cloth hardback with gilt title to spine. Housed in a near fine dustjacket with some light edge wear and a few small nicks to extremities. Not price clipped. Soundly bound. Jacket now housed in clear, protective, removable plastic.
Text is bright and clean and soundly bound, with mild age toning.
Text in English.
352pp.
Dimensions: approx 207mm high x 134mm wide x 25mm deep.
Weight: approximately 354g (unpacked).