London Fields
Book description
London Fields is Amis's murder story for the end of the millennium—"a comic murder mystery, an apocalyptic satire, a scatological meditation on love and death" (The New York Times).
The murderee is Nicola Six, a "black hole" of sex and self-loathing intent on orchestrating her own extinction. The murderer may…
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2 authors picked London Fields as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I was about nineteen when I first read London Fields. My experience up until that point had been that books could be funny, of course, but only if they were silly.
When a ‘proper’ book was also said to be a laugh riot, that meant it had Latin puns in it. London Fields was both deadly serious and utterly hilarious. Reading it was like watching someone flap their wings and actually take off. I didn’t know such a thing could be done.
With that one book, Martin Amis picked me up and put me in his pocket, where I have…
From Damien's list on funny but, y'know, good.
I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, wait a minute, no, I was working as a copywriter in a Queensway ad agency when I read London Fields on the recommendation of a friend (thanks, Rob!) The book was set in the same area of west London as the agency office (Bayswater, Westbourne Grove), a really lively area with boutique shops that seldom had more than one item in the window and eateries with super-stylish but ultimately uncomfortable stools. I love that Amis is never afraid to show the world his plentiful writing skills, and Keith Talent is…
From Jon's list on genre-busting stories.
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