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082 00 824/.914|223
092 824.914|bAMI
100 1 Amis, Martin.
240 10 Essays.|kSelections
245 14 The rub of time :|bBellow, Nabokov, Hitchens, Travolta,
Trump: essays and reportage, 1994-2017 /|cby Martin Amis.
250 First edition.
264 1 New York :|bAlfred A. Knopf,|c2018.
300 xiii, 392 pages ;|c25 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
500 "This is a Borzoi book"
500 Includes index.
505 00 |tBy way of an introduction. He's leaving home --|tTwin
peaks 1. Vladimir Nabokov and the problem from Hell ;
|tSaul Bellow, as opposed to Henry James --|tPolitics 1.
The Republican Party in 2011: Iowa ;|tThe Republican Party
in 2012: Tampa, Florida ;|tThe Republican Party in 2016:
Trump --|tLiterature 1. Philip Larkin: his work and life ;
|tLarkin's Letters to Monica ;|tIris Murdoch: age will win
--|tThe House of Windsor. Princess Diana: a mirror, not a
lamp ;|tThe Queen's speech, the Queen's heart --|tMore
Personal 1. You ask the questions 1 ;|tThe fourth estate
and the puzzle of heredity ;|tOn the road: the multicity
book tour ;|tThe King's English --|tTwin peaks 2. Bellow's
lettres ;|tNabokov's natural selection --|tAmericana
(stepping westward). Losing in Las Vegas ;|tTravolta's
second act ;|tIn pornoland: pussies are bullshit --
|tLiterature 2. Don DeLillo: laureate of terror ;|tJ.G.
Ballard: from outer space to inner space ;|tEarly Ballard:
the drowned world ;|tThe shock of the new: A clockwork
orange turns fifty --|tSport. Three stabs at tennis ;|tThe
Champions League final, 1999 ;|tIn search of Dieguito
Maradona ;|tOn the court: my beautiful game --|tMore
Personal 2. Deciding to write Time's arrow ;|tMarty and
Nick Jr. sail to America ;|tYou ask the questions 2 --
|tPolitics 2. Ivan is introduced to the USSR: all together
now ;|tIs terrorism "about religion"? ;|tIn memory of Neda
Soltan, 1983-2009: Iran ;|tThe crippled murderers of Cali,
Colombia --|tLiterature 3. Philip Roth finds himself ;
|tRoth the elder: a moralistic investigation ;|tJohn
Updike's farewell notes ;|tRabbit Angstrom confront
Obamacare ;|tJane Austen and the dream factory --|tMore
Personal 3. Christopher Hitchens --|tPolitics 3. On Jeremy
Corbyn, leader of Her Majesty's opposition ;|tPresident
Trump orate in Ohio --|tTwin Peaks 3. Bellow: avoiding the
void ;|tVera and Vladimir: letters to Vera.
520 "The definitive collection of essays and reportage written
during the past thirty years from one of most provocative
and widely read writers--with new commentary by the
author. For more than thirty years, Amis has turned his
keen intellect and unrivaled prose loose on an astonishing
range of topics--politics, sports, celebrity, America, and,
of course, literature. Now, at last, these incomparable
essays have been gathered together. Here is Amis at the
2011 GOP Iowa Caucus, where, squeezed between
"windbreakers and woolly hats," he pours over The Ron Paul
Family Cookbook and laments the absence of "our Banquo,"
Herman Cain. He writes about finally confronting the
effects of aging on his athletic prowess. He revisits,
time and time again, the worlds of Bellow and Nabokov, his
"twin peaks," masters who have obsessed and inspired him.
Brilliant, incisive, and savagely funny, The Rub of Time
is a vital addition to any Amis fan's bookshelf, and the
perfect primer for readers discovering his fierce and
tremendous journalistic talents for the first time"--
|cProvided by publisher.
650 0 Reportage literature, American.
650 0 Essays.
655 7 Essays.|2lcgft
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