Archive for June, 2009
London Fields by Martin Amis
London Fields is my third in the Guardian 1000 books list, and my second Martin Amis novel. It tells the story of a love triangle between Keith Talent (A working-class alcoholic, darts-playing cheat), Nicola Six (A mysterious, beautiful, educated femme fatale) and Guy Clinch (an upper-middle class, Hugh-Grant-like character).
The story unfolds through the eyes [...]
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
Set in a university during post-war Britain, Lucky Jim is one of Kingsley Amis’ earlier novels and has received much praise from Critics (it featured in the Time Magazine 100 best English-Language novels from 1923-2005 list).
The story centers on James (Jim) Dixon, a lecturer in medieval history at an English university. He doesn’t particularly enjoy [...]
Money by Martin Amis
Money makes the world go round, or at least it does in John Self’s case. Described in the blurb of Martin Amis’ fifth Novel as “consumerist extraordinaire”, Self spends most of his time appeasing his appetite for alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, food, pornography and women.
Set in the Eighties when Reagan was still president of the [...]
