London FieldsLondon Fields is Amis's murder story for the end of the millennium—"a comic murder mystery, an apocalyptic satire, a scatological meditation on love and death" (The New York Times). The murderee is Nicola Six, a "black hole" of sex and self-loathing intent on orchestrating her own extinction. The murderer may be Keith Talent, a violent lowlife whose only passions are pornography and darts. Or is the killer the rich, honorable, and dimly romantic Guy Clinch? Here, Amis is "by turns lyrical and obscene, colloquial and rhapsodic." —Michiko Kakutani |
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User Review - charlie68 - LibraryThingA story that grew on me the more I listened to it. Not for everyone and definitely not for the church library. But still some gems of great writing. Read full review
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User Review - Kristelh - LibraryThingThis is a story about writing in novel form in my opinion and is reported to be the author's best work. The story is about an American writer, Samson Young, in London, dying of cancer with a 20 year ... Read full review
Contents
The Foil | |
The DeadEnd Street | |
The Event Horizon | |
The Doors of Deception | |
Cheating | |
Little Did They Know | |
The Pinching Game | |
Pure Instinct | |
The Third Party | |
Cupids College | |
This Is Only a Test | |
The Ladies and the Gents | |
Playing Nervous | |
Going Out With | |
Doing Real Good | |
The Books in Keith Talents Apartment | |
The Concordance of Nicola Sixs Kisses | |
The Script Followed by Guy Clinch | |
At the Speed of Love | |
Horrorday | |
Youre Going Back With | |
The Deadline | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | London Fields Vintage International |
| Author | Martin Amis |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0307743977, 9780307743978 |
| Length | 480 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Crime Fiction / Literary Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Traditional |
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