Money
by:
Martin Amis (author)
Bert Krak (author)
Hailed as "a sprawling, fierce, vulgar display" (The New Republic) and "exhilarating, skillful, savvy" (The Times Literary Supplement) when it made its first appearance in the mid- 1980s, Money is Martin Amis's hilarious portrait of one man's relentless pursuit of pleasure.
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Hailed as "a sprawling, fierce, vulgar display" (The New Republic) and "exhilarating, skillful, savvy" (The Times Literary Supplement) when it made its first appearance in the mid- 1980s, Money is Martin Amis's hilarious portrait of one man's relentless pursuit of pleasure.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143116950 (0143116959)
ASIN: 143116959
Publish date: June 29th 2010
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Humor,
Comedy,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Contemporary,
Thriller
I managed to finish this but only just - I really disliked the protagonist, the story got on my nerves, the language was not enjoyable and at no time did the character development make the ending plausible. The set-up had some promise, so 2** for that.
The experience of reading Money was sad, pathetic, funny—though I hated to laugh—shallow and stupid, then, just as I slipped into a careless ignorance and began to judge it, wrongly, glimmers emerged of rare depth and perceptiveness of certain segments of humanity, and although those segments are no...
Lookit this edition! Penguin Ink, it's called.
If you're having girl problems [a:Amis|11337|Martin Amis|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1343160070p2/11337.jpg] feels bad for you son,this book is so shit I can't be bothered to rhyme Hit me!
First you need to go back to the quote that starts my review of The Moonstone. Betteredge argues that it is a real problem for the rich that they are idle. Well, Martin Amis takes that premise and doesn't just see the raise, he goes all in. But his setting isn't high society 19th century England. It...
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