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The alteration

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Hubert, the ten-year-old chorister’s glorious voice must be preserved at all costs. In Amis’s quasi-medieval England of 1976, a wickedly brilliant Swiftian satire takes shape. The modest proposal? Well, it stands to reason that castration is clearly the only answer.

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The alteration, Kingsley Amis

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2004
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Language
English
Publisher
Vintage Books
Released
2004
Format
Paperback
Pages
208
ISBN10
0099461080
ISBN13
9780099461081
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First published
1976
Original title
The Alteration
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Hubert, the ten-year-old chorister’s glorious voice must be preserved at all costs. In Amis’s quasi-medieval England of 1976, a wickedly brilliant Swiftian satire takes shape. The modest proposal? Well, it stands to reason that castration is clearly the only answer.