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The War Against Cliche
Essays and Reviews 1971-2000
by Martin Amis
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In this comprehensive collection of essays, Martin Amis tackles such diverse subjects as Elvis, Margaret Thatcher, Andy Warhol, the Guinness Book of Records, Abraham Lincoln, poker, chess, and American movies. He also comments pungently on a variety of literary works, including PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, DON QUIXOTE, ULYSSES, LOLITA, and the writers Philip Larkin, John Updike, Elmore Leonard, and Gore Vidal.
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9780375727160,
Paperback,
Vintage Books,
2002
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9780224050593,
Book,
Jonathan Cape,
2001
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9780786866748,
Hardcover,
Hyperion Books,
2001
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Publisher Notes
Compiles essays discussing, and in some cases condemning, such people and topics as movie violence, Margaret Thatcher, Charles Dickens, Michael Crichton, Vladimir Nabokov, Gore Vidal, poker, and world literature.
Media Reviews
"[A] collection of material so sharp it reminds you not only of why he was invited to the party in the first place, but why he might stay longer than some of the other literary loudmouths....[T]he utter concentration of close and repeated reading combined with a determined nonchalance about drawing a larger conclusion... is what makes the book such a riot to read. "
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