I Like It Here

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1958. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt. Fine in near fine dust jacket (spine panel faintly toned). First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. The third novel by Amis, a semi-autobiographical story loosely based on his travels in Portugal while fulfilling the terms of the Somerset Maugham Award he won in 1955 for Lucky Jim, which required recipients to travel abroad in order to enrich their future work. Amis dedicated this work to his children, Philip, Sally, and Martin, who would each follow in their father's literary footsteps.