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SIGNED 1st Ed.- Lionel Asbo: State of England by Martin Amis (2012,Hardcove
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A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Book Title
- Lionel Asbo: State of England
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Custom Bundle
- No
- Inscribed
- No
- Type
- Novel
- Features
- Signed, Hardcover, 1st American Edition
- Vintage
- No
- Personalized
- No
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Signed
- Yes
- Signed By
- Martin Amis
- Genre
- Satire, Literature
- ISBN
- 9780307958082
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307958086
ISBN-13
9780307958082
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111806476
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lionel Asbo : State of England
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Satire, Coming of Age, Literary
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
18.2 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-006340
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Martin Amis has let himself go at last, [with] the broadest comedy he has ever published… Amis's delight in the incorrigible is genuinely Dickensian." -David Sexton, Evening Standard [U.K.] "Amis' phenomenal vim and versatility, anchoring roots in English literature, and gift for satire power this hilariously Dickensian, nerve-racking, crafty, bull's eye tale of a monster and a mensch…This deliciously shivery, sly, and taunting page-turner provokes a fresh assessment of the poverty of place, mind, and spirit and the wondrous blossoming of against-all-odds goodness." -Donna Seaman, Booklist, "Amis' phenomenal vim and versatility, anchoring roots in English literature, and gift for satire power this hilariously Dickensian, nerve-racking, crafty, bull's eye tale of a monster and a mensch…This deliciously shivery, sly, and taunting page-turner provokes a fresh assessment of the poverty of place, mind, and spirit and the wondrous blossoming of against-all-odds goodness." -Donna Seaman, Booklist, "A joy- and strangely life-affirming... It certainly has much of the dazzling prose that made his earlier works so stand-out. As ever he makes the dreadful funny, the grotesque poetic. But there's something else, a tenderness and humanity... Amis seems to have affection for all his characters [in what] could be seen as a meditation on social mobility... Though it satirises a society in decline it is also, in the end, a story about the triumph of education over ignorance, love over hate." -Carole Midgley, The Times [U.K.] " Lionel Asbo crackles with brilliant prose and scathing satire [and is] savagely funny... So who could predict that, from this deliciously nasty setup, an author the New York Times once called 'fiction's angriest writer' would craft a novel so... Dickensian, a novel with such... I hate to even say it...heart... What follows is hilarious and strangely compelling-a gleefully twisted Great Expectations ... Amis adopts a big, playful storytelling voice in this book. He riffs like a jazz master, in and out of vernacular, with brief gusts of description, all driven by a tight bass line of suspense." -Jess Walter, Publishers Weekly "A surprisingly tender story… For all its scabrous humour, this is at heart an old-fashioned tale in which goodness may still find a way to triumph." -The Daily Mail [U.K.] "The novel comes at you and comes at you and keeps on coming. It never flags… It is a great big confidence trick of a novel-an attack that turns into an embrace-a book that looks at us, laughs at us, looks at us harder, closer, and laughs at us harder and still more savagely. It is every inch the novel that we all deserve." Nicola Barker, The Guardian [U.K.] "A wicked satire [and] frequently wincingly funny. Amis's aim at the totems and mores of common fame is as unerring, and his phrase-making as pyrotechnically dazzling, as ever…Amis also writes with real and uncharacteristic tenderness." Mick Brown, The Telegraph [U.K.] "Martin Amis has let himself go at last, [with] the broadest comedy he has ever published… Amis's delight in the incorrigible is genuinely Dickensian." -David Sexton, Evening Standard [U.K.] "Amis' phenomenal vim and versatility, anchoring roots in English literature, and gift for satire power this hilariously Dickensian, nerve-racking, crafty, bull's eye tale of a monster and a mensch…This deliciously shivery, sly, and taunting page-turner provokes a fresh assessment of the poverty of place, mind, and spirit and the wondrous blossoming of against-all-odds goodness." -Donna Seaman, Booklist
Dewey Decimal
823/.914
Synopsis
An exuberant, acidic satire of modern society and celebrity culture--by a renowned author at the height of his powers., A savage, funny, and mysteriously poignant saga by a renowned author at the height of his powers. Lionel Asbo, a terrifying yet weirdly loyal thug (self-named after England's notorious Anti-Social Behaviour Order), has always looked out for his ward and nephew, the orphaned Desmond Pepperdine. He provides him with fatherly career advice (always carry a knife, for example) and is determined they should share the joys of pit bulls (fed with lots of Tabasco sauce), Internet porn, and all manner of more serious criminality. Des, on the other hand, desires nothing more than books to read and a girl to love (and to protect a family secret that could be the death of him). But just as he begins to lead a gentler, healthier life, his uncle--once again in a London prison--wins £140 million in the lottery and upon his release hires a public relations firm and begins dating a cannily ambitious topless model and "poet." Strangely, however, Lionel's true nature remains uncompromised while his problems, and therefore also Desmond's, seem only to multiply.
LC Classification Number
PR6051.M5L56 2012
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- _***_ (19)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseFor the age of this out-of-print sticker book, I am very happy with the condition. I will be gifting it to my grandson this Christmas. He will not be able to tell that it isn't brand new.Ultimate Sticker Book: Castle and Knight (2005, Paperback) Reusable Stickers VG (#143682233088)
- b***l (1463)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseNice item! Quick delivery! A+++SIGNED & INSCRIBED- It's Not about the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by... LN (#146578421237)
- j***y (886)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseExcellent Ebay seller! Very highly recommend! Thank you!Armature Winding & Motor Repair Daniel Braymer 1st Ed McGraw Hill 1920 29th impr (#143194316347)