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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2017 0:21:49 GMT
Worth reading? London Fields in particular.
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Post by darknessfish on Jun 19, 2017 12:37:15 GMT
I didn't particularly care for London Fields, it was one of those books that just didn't grab me and took me an age and a half to finish, despite it not being that long or complex. I'm never convinced that when Amis is writing about the working class that he isn't sneering at them from his lofty ivory tower, too. Still I have liked quite a bit of Amis, recently I found his The Pregnant Widow quite entertaining, though many seem offended by it's inherent sexism, and Money is almost as good as it's cracked up to be.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jun 20, 2017 16:43:46 GMT
I haven't read London Fields, but, from the limited amount of his work that I have read, Amis is a decent writer. I still prefer his father's works, though.
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Post by amyghost on Jul 6, 2018 21:49:10 GMT
Think he's a fine essayist, don't much care for his fiction.
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Post by mrdanwest on Jul 8, 2018 12:52:04 GMT
I like Martin Amis, but probably more in theory than in practice.
When I read about his book the ideas and plots he is exploring sound really interesting; but they tend to be denser and slower going than I might have hoped. There is also a meanness in his writing that seems like it could be fun, but often goes a step to far for me (although I see how it could work for others).
Other the three Amis novels that I have read I like The Information the best, followed by Money and London Fields in that order.
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