Success
by:
Martin Amis (author)
Marty Asher (author)
In Success Amis pens a mismatched pair of foster brothers--one "a quivering condom of neurosis and ineptitude," the other a "bundle of contempt, vanity and stock-response"--in a single London flat. He binds them with ties of class hatred, sexual rivalry, and disappointed love, and throws in a...
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In Success Amis pens a mismatched pair of foster brothers--one "a quivering condom of neurosis and ineptitude," the other a "bundle of contempt, vanity and stock-response"--in a single London flat. He binds them with ties of class hatred, sexual rivalry, and disappointed love, and throws in a disloyal girlfriend and a spectacularly unstable sister to create a modern-day Jacobean revenge comedy that soars with malicious poetry.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679734482 (0679734481)
Publish date: April 3rd 1991
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Academic,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Literary Fiction,
Culture,
Contemporary,
College,
Thriller,
Social,
Dark
An extremely clever and elegant novel about the subjective nature of success and failure. For once, Amis wraps up the story properly and has a satisfying conclusion. The sex scene near the end (which, it turns out, was all in the main character's imagination) must rank as both one of the most distas...
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