One Fat Englishman

Roger Micheldene, an English publisher, spends a week traveling between New York and Pennsylvania, indulging in various British appetites like snobbery, gluttony, and lust. The story also offers a satirical look at American culture, highlighting characters such as a young novelist, a priest, and a literary agent’s wife. Kingsley Amis’s witty narrative provides humor and social commentary in a piquant style.