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London Fields

By Martin Amis
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In London Fields by Martin Amis, the story unfolds in a gritty, dystopian London, focusing on the intertwined lives of a clairvoyant femme fatale, a terminally ill writer, and a small-time criminal. As tensions build in this darkly comic exploration of fate and morality, the characters grapple with personal entanglements and existential dilemmas against the backdrop of the impending millennium. The narrative blends humour and suspense, creating a compelling portrait of urban life on the brink of chaos.
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You might enjoy this novel if you're intrigued by darkly comedic tales with complex characters and a gritty, noir-like atmosphere. Set against the backdrop of a pre-apocalyptic London, it delves into themes of fate, desire, and destruction, offering an intricate narrative spun by an unreliable narrator. Fans of literary fiction that challenges conventional storytelling will likely find it captivating.

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'A true story, a murder story, a love story and a thriller bursting with humour, sex and often dazzling language' Independent

'A true story, a murder story, a love story and a thriller bursting with humour, sex and often dazzling language' Independent

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London Fields is described by the Independent as "a true story, a murder story, a love story and a thriller bursting with humour, sex and often dazzling language".

Writer Samson Young is staring death in the face, and not only his own. Void of ideas and on the verge of terminal decline, Samson's dash to a decaying, degenerate London has brought him through the doors of the Black Cross pub and into a murder story just waiting to be narrated.

At its centre is the mesmeric, doomed Nicola Six, destined to be murdered on her 35th birthday. Around her are the disreputable men who might yet turn out to be her killer. All Samson has to do is to write Nicola's story as it happens, and savour in this one last gift that life has granted him.

London Fields is, indeed, "a true story, a murder story, a love story and a thriller bursting with humour, sex and often dazzling language" according to the Independent.

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London Fields by Martin Amis is lauded as a profound work that encapsulates the spirit of London, particularly its pub culture, with a unique blend of the city's seedy and middle-class aspects. Critics praise it as an ambitious and intelligent novel with memorable characters, such as Keith Talent, a brilliantly crafted comic figure. Amis's writing is described as electrifying and contemporary, with the novel's core exploring a surreal, fable-like narrative filled with tension and energy.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780099748618

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 June 1999

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Rachel Cusk

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 35.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 375g

Pages: 544

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Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction Humour Literary Fiction Martin Amis Penguin Books

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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