The Old Devils

<h2 id="television-adaptation">Television adaptation</h2>
The novel was adapted for television by <a href="/facts/Andrew_Davies_(writer)/UwS5aGkc">Andrew Davies</a> for the <a href="/facts/BBC/qFateIz8">BBC</a> in 1992, starring <a href="/facts/John_Stride/24S5lmWP">John Stride</a>, <a href="/facts/Bernard_Hepton/veEuqD1t">Bernard Hepton</a>, <a href="/facts/James_Grout/LDtsK2fb">James Grout</a> and <a href="/facts/Ray_Smith_(actor)/QIDGDXHS">Ray Smith</a> (it was the latter's last screen appearance before his death).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a>

<h2 id="reception">Reception</h2>
Reviewing the book for <a href="/facts/The_Guardian/H84wwJYM">The Guardian</a> in 2010, Sam Jordison wrote that Amis's "comic genius relies so much upon build-up, context and impeccable timing that it can only be fully appreciated in its correct setting... get hold of the book yourself. It's that rare and precious thing—a novel that is a delight from start to finish."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a>
<a href="/facts/The_Los_Angeles_Times/jFHbcmb9">The Los Angeles Times</a> wrote, "For longtime admirers of the Amis of Lucky Jim and after, The Old Devils is welcomed evidence that the master remains masterful, able now to conjoin the mischievous with the mellow. As always, he is an insightful guide through the terrain where what is said is not meant and what is felt is not said, but where much of life is lived."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a> The Old Devils was considered Amis's masterpiece by his son, <a href="/facts/Martin_Amis/vkf538BE">Martin Amis</a>, who wrote, "it stands comparison with any English novel of the century."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">Jordison, Sam (16 February 2010). "Booker club: The Old Devils". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 8 December 2018. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/feb/15/booker-old-devils-kingsley-amis" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/feb/15/booker-old-devils-kingsley-amis</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">Zachary Leader (12 March 2009). The Life of Kingsley Amis. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 737. ISBN 978-0-307-49645-4. <a href="978-0-307-49645-4" target="_blank">978-0-307-49645-4</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">Amis, Kingsley, Memoirs, 1991, p. 133 <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">"The Old Devils: Love, Lust and Litre Bottles". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 8 December 2018. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0437phj" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0437phj</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">The New Criterion. Foundation for Cultural Review. 2007. p. 9. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xhQ4AQAAIAAJ" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=xhQ4AQAAIAAJ</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">Jordison, Sam (16 February 2010). "Booker club: The Old Devils". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 8 December 2018. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/feb/15/booker-old-devils-kingsley-amis" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/feb/15/booker-old-devils-kingsley-amis</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">"The Old Devils". New York Review Books. 2 October 2012. <a href="https://www.nyrb.com/products/the-old-devils?variant=1094932325" target="_blank">https://www.nyrb.com/products/the-old-devils?variant=1094932325</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">Amis, Martin. Experience: A Memoir, 2000, p. 258 <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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