Nabokov, Amis, Atta

[rich]

that story on Atta appeared in the New Yorker a few months back--i think
it's some of the best writing he's done, frankly. Atta is portrayed as being
even distant from his fellow hijackers.

Amis also wrote a story about one of Saddam's numerous doubles which is very
good, too

Rich


On 9/2/06, Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >While Nabokov's on the mind, the Martin Amis forward to whatever edition
> of
> >Lolita I have is excellent, and deepened my understanding of the novel.
>
> Lolita is genius of course, Pale Fire too, and I love Pnin. But Nabokov
> himself (get ready to ignite your flames) has always seemed a cold,
> remote,
> rather bloodless figure to me. And probably a little bit right-wing to
> boot,
> not that that would be seen as a negative by everyone around here.
>
> The Observer's been heavily trailing their exclusive for tomorrow: Martin
> Amis on Muhammad Atta
>
> Muhammad Atta's last days
>
>
> http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/observer/archives/2006/08/31/muhammad_attas_1.html#more
>
> Never been too impressed with Amis, but might be worth a look.
>
>
> Cheers
> JC
>
>
>
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