Lionel Asbo: State of England by Amis, Martin

Lionel Asbo: State of England

By turns outrageous and touching, Lionel Asbo is an exuberant Dickensian satire of crime, celebrity, and modern...
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Lionel Asbo: State of England by Amis, Martin

Lionel Asbo: State of England

€24,26

Lionel Asbo: State of England

€24,26
Author: Martin Amis
Format: Paperback
Language: English

By turns outrageous and touching, Lionel Asbo is an exuberant Dickensian satire of crime, celebrity, and modern culture--"one of Amis's funniest novels" (The New Yorker).

Des Pepperdine is a boy out of place. He lives on the thirty-third floor of a London housing project; while his peers pick fights, Des retreats to the public library. What's more, Des's uncle and guardian, Lionel Asbo, is one of the most notorious petty criminals in the city. Yet Lionel, full of inept devotion to his nephew, dutifully teaches Des the essentials of becoming a man (always carry a knife; pornography is easier than dating; pit bulls should be fed Tabasco sauce). To survive these lessons, Des seeks solace in a covert romantic union that would fill Lionel with rage. But just as Des begins to lead a healthier life, Lionel wins 140 million in the lottery. The money ushers in a public-relations firm for Lionel, along with a cannily ambitious topless model-poet. Through it all, Lionel remains his vicious, oddly loyal self, and his problems, as well as Des's, only seem to multiply.



Author: Martin Amis
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 05/07/2013
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780307948083


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 06/02/2013 pg. 56
Entertainment Weekly 07/25/2014 pg. 116

About the Author

MARTIN AMIS is the author of twelve previous novels, the memoir Experience, two collections of stories and six of nonfiction. He lives in Brooklyn.




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