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Who called Amis "the finest English comic novelist of the second half of the twentieth century"?

  • Harold Bloom

  • Zachary Leader

  • Martin Amis

  • Ian McEwan

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Zachary Leader, a renowned literary critic, bestowed the title of "the finest English comic novelist of the second half of the twentieth century" upon Kingsley Amis. Leader's accolade highlights Amis's exceptional talent in crafting humorous and socially insightful novels that captured the essence of British society during the latter half of the 20th century.
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