The Alteration

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The Alteration

Cover of first edition (hardcover)
Author	Kingsley Amis
Cover artist	Tom Adams
Language	English
Genre	Alternate history novel
Publisher	Jonathan Cape
Publication date	1976
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	208 pp
ISBN	0-224-01305-X
OCLC	2896009
Dewey Decimal	823/.9/14
LC Class	PZ4.A517 Al PR6001.M6

The Alteration is a 1976 alternate history novel by Kingsley Amis, set in a parallel universe in which the Reformation did not take place. It won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1977.^[1]