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Money by Martin Amis is a darkly humorous exploration of the life of John Self, a commercial director who indulges in hedonism and excess. The story is a vivid portrayal of 1980s consumer culture, as Self navigates the chaotic worlds of advertising, film production, and his own spiralling desires. The novel offers satirical insight into the destructive nature of fame and wealth.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate satirical takes on 1980s consumer culture and have a penchant for dark humour. It delves into the excesses and pitfalls of the advertising world through the eyes of a self-destructive protagonist, offering both wit and a critical examination of capitalist society.

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Rolling between London and New York he closes movie deals and spends feverishly, all the while grabbing everything he can to sate his massive appetites: alcohol, tobacco, pills, pornography and mountains of junk food.

'Terribly, terminally funny: laughter in the dark, if ever I heard it' Guardian

A new reissue series of Martin Amis's novels to mark his 70th birthday

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A new reissue series of Martin Amis's novels to mark his 70th birthday.

John Self is a consumer extraordinaire.

Rolling between London and New York, he closes movie deals and spends feverishly, all the while grabbing everything he can to sate his massive appetites—alcohol, tobacco, pills, pornography and mountains of junk food.

But John's excesses haven't gone unnoted. Menaced by a phone stalker, his high-wire, hoggish lifestyle is about to bring him face-to-face with the secret of his success.

Money is described as: 'Terribly, terminally funny—laughter in the dark, if ever I heard it' Guardian

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Martin Amis is celebrated as a leading figure in contemporary English fiction, noted for his electrifying and often shocking style. He is recognised for his immaculate comic writing and richly rendered narratives. Money is praised as a satirical masterpiece of excess and humiliation, showcasing Amis's extraordinary prose with sharp contemporary relevance.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780099461883

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 April 2005

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Andrew O'Hagan

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 29.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 326g

Pages: 464

About the Author

Martin Amis was twenty-three when he wrote his first novel, The Rachel Papers (1973). Over the next half century - in fourteen more novels, two collections of short stories, eight works of literary criticism and reportage, and his acclaimed memoir, Experience - he established himself as the most distinctive and influential prose stylist of his generation. To many of his readers, Amis was also the funniest. His intoxicating comedic gifts express a profound understanding of the human experience, particularly its most shocking cruelties, and Amis wrote with pathos and verve on an astonishing range of subjects, from masculinity and movie violence to nuclear weapons and Nazi doctors. His books, which have been translated into thirty-eight languages, provide an indelible portrait and critique of late-capitalist society at the turn of the twenty-first century. He died in 2023.

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