{"id":3803,"date":"2009-04-15T10:10:31","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T14:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3803"},"modified":"2009-04-15T10:10:31","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T14:10:31","slug":"0-fer-unlike-father-like-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/0-fer-unlike-father-like-son","title":{"rendered":"0-fer: Unlike Father, Like Son"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve read several books (and one really bad article) by his son before, but this week’s literary 0-fer is . . . Kingsley Amis, CBE<\/a>!<\/p>\n

I plan on correcting that 0-fer later this year when I delve into his Everyday Drinking<\/a>\"\" collection. As soon as I stop drinking every day, that is.<\/p>\n

Any of you have any experience with the elder Amis?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve read several books (and one really bad article) by his son before, but this week’s literary 0-fer is . . . Kingsley Amis, CBE! I plan on correcting that 0-fer later this year when I delve into his Everyday Drinking collection. As soon as I stop drinking every day, that is. Any of you … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “0-fer: Unlike Father, Like Son”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[568,4],"tags":[642,643],"class_list":["post-3803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-0-fer","category-literature","tag-kingsley-amis","tag-martin-amis"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-Zl","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4259,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/0-fer-of-the-week-paris-toilet","url_meta":{"origin":3803,"position":0},"title":"0-fer of the Week: Paris, Toilet","author":"Gil","date":"July 29, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"In Duck Soup, Groucho Marx gets locked in a bathroom by Harpo, leading him to shout, \"Let me out of here! 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