The biographer's moustache
/ Kingsley Amis
- London : Flamingo , 1995.
- 282 p. ; 23 cm.
Gordon Scott-Thompson, a struggling hack, gets commissioned to write the biography of a veteran novelist, Jimmie Fane. Fane, an unabashed snob, has many pet hates, including younger men with moustaches and trendy pronunciation. Scott-Thompson, however, is extremely attached to his own moustache and not so particular about his use of language.