โ Scribed by Martin Amis
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions.
"Amis throws off more provocative ideas and images in a single paragraph than most writers get into complete novels." --_The Seattle Times
_ Equally at home in satirical novels and biting critical essays, wickedly funny short stories and intimate autobiography, Martin Amis is widely regarded as one of the most influential yet inimitable voices in contemporary fiction, a writer whose prose captures the warp-speed rush of modernity.
Vintage Amis displays this versatility in an excerpt from the author's award-winning memoir, Experience ; the "Horrorday" chapter from London Fields ; a vignette from his novel Money ; the stories "State of England," "Insight at Flam Lake," and "Coincidence of the Arts"; and the essays "Visiting Mrs. Nabokov," "Phantom of the Opera."
Also included, for...
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Dans un village, l'arrivรฉe d'un nouvel instituteur, un maรฎtre comme on disait antan, va bouleverser les habitudes des gens. Un livre empreint de social, avec en toile de fond romanesque, la substitution d'un enfant ร la naissance.
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, Nicholson Baker has established himself as one of our most brilliant observers of everyday experience. With his keen perception, flawless prose, and endless wit, he has composed both fiction and nonfiction that has become an essential part of our lit
Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house-painting business in New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Kathy evacuates with their four young children, leaving Zeitoun to watch over the business. In the days following the storm he travels the city by canoe, feeding abandoned
In Lethal Vintage, the fourth installment in the Sunny McCoskey Napa Valley mystery series, an old friend calls Sunny for help dealing with her boyfriend, a hedge fund billionaire with a wine country estate fit for a king. Sunny joins her for what she thinks will be a day of girl talk and poolside s
A decadent day of poolside sunbathing turns into a scandalous nightculminating in murder. By morning, the police are pounding on Sunny McCloskey's door, and she is once again thrust into the center of a tense investigationinvolving a hedge-fund billionaire with a spectacular estate in California's N