MARTIN AMIS is the author of 15 novels—among them Zone of Interest, London Fields, Time’s Arrow, The Information, and Night Train—along with the memoir Experience, the novelized self-portrait Inside Story, two collections of stories, and seven nonfiction books. He died in 2023.
"A comic murder mystery, an apocalyptic satire, a scatological
meditation on love and death and nuclear winter...by turns lyrical
and obscene, colloquial and rhapsodic." —Michiko Kakutani, The New
York Times
"Amis has trumped himself. . . . A complex and daring work that
contains many passages of comic genius that can hardly be matched
in English fiction since Dickens." —Newsday
"Amis' prose is hiw own: slangy, showy, knowing, with pinball
rhythms. . . . [London Fields] is wickedly good." —Philadelphia
Inquirer
"London Fields is Martin Amis' most ambitious, intelligent and
nourishing novel to date. . . . Amis is hilariously eloquent."
—Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Amis is a brilliant entertainer who knows how to wrap his anger at
the terminal horrors of contemporary life in a movelike montage of
varying styles and voices." —Newsweek
"A literary, funny, elaborate novel marinated in sex." —Wall Street
Journal
"I Am one of many readers who thought that Money was the novel of
the '80s, the book that captured the obscene greed of a decade.
Now, with London Fields, Amis has published what may stand as the
definitive end-of-the-millennium novel." —USA Today
"Amis is a clever, skillful writer, and London Fields displays his
range of talents well." —San Francisco Chronicle
"His novel is a great act of generosity, a capacious and
intelligent book that announces the author's importance in the
arena of contemporary literature." —Vogue
Amis's (www.martinamisweb.com) darkly comic look at late 20th-century London and the despairing state of Western civilization was originally published in 1989 and is newly available on audio (the only other recording, on audiocassette, is no longer available). At the book's center are failed criminal/aspiring professional darts player Keith Talent; Guy Clinch, a rich, bored banker; Guy's son, Marmaduke, arguably the most horrendous infant in all of literature; Nicola Six, a party girl with a death wish; and the unreliable narrator, Sam Young, an American with writer's block. As these and assorted other colorful characters interact, Amis considers the not-always-fulfilled allures of love and fame. Adopting a gruff American accent, British actor Steven Pacey captures Sam's fascination with the characters' blunders and his barely concealed desire to manipulate their fates. This superb audio treatment of a great novel will appeal to those who enjoy serious fiction that attempts to encompass societal woes without being didactic. Darts fans may also be amused.-Michael Adams, CUNY Graduate Ctr. Lib. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
"A comic murder mystery, an apocalyptic satire, a scatological
meditation on love and death and nuclear winter...by turns lyrical
and obscene, colloquial and rhapsodic." -Michiko Kakutani,
The New York Times
"Amis has trumped himself. . . . A complex and daring work that
contains many passages of comic genius that can hardly be matched
in English fiction since Dickens." -Newsday
"Amis' prose is hiw own: slangy, showy, knowing, with pinball
rhythms. . . . [London Fields] is wickedly good."
-Philadelphia Inquirer
"London Fields is Martin Amis' most ambitious, intelligent
and nourishing novel to date. . . . Amis is hilariously eloquent."
-Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Amis is a brilliant entertainer who knows how to wrap his anger at
the terminal horrors of contemporary life in a movelike montage of
varying styles and voices." -Newsweek
"A literary, funny, elaborate novel marinated in sex." -Wall
Street Journal
"I Am one of many readers who thought that Money was the novel of
the '80s, the book that captured the obscene greed of a decade.
Now, with London Fields, Amis has published what may stand as the
definitive end-of-the-millennium novel." -USA Today
"Amis is a clever, skillful writer, and London Fields displays his
range of talents well." -San Francisco Chronicle
"His novel is a great act of generosity, a capacious and
intelligent book that announces the author's importance in the
arena of contemporary literature."
-Vogue
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