Amis talking to his readers

Will Layman WillLayman at comcast.net
Tue Jan 16 16:20:24 CST 2007


Money and London Fields are my favorites.  LF is certainly the most  
Pynchonesque.  Amis turns darts into a metaphor for everything.

-- Will

On Jan 16, 2007, at 5:14 PM, Grant White wrote:

>
> I'm an Amis fan in my spare time stumbled over "the Rachel papers"  
> as a
> horny teen and went from there, "Yellow Dog" is my current  
> favourite though
> his most recent book "The meeting house" set mostly in the Gulags  
> is a goody
> too.
>
> _granty
>
>
>
> London Fields is a riot.......
>
>
> and then you can confidently move on to someone else....
>
> love,
> cfa
>
>
>
>
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> On 1/16/07, David Morris < fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Interesting "interview."
>
> I've never read Amis.  Would you recommend him?  And if so, which  
> book?
>
> David Morris
>
> On 1/16/07, Ya Sam < takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> "The phrase "horrorism", which you invented to describe 9/11, is
> unintentionally hilarious. Have you got any more? JONATHAN BROOKS,  
> by email
>>
>> Yes, I have. Here's a good one (though I can hardly claim it as my  
>> own):
> the phrase is "fuck off".
>>
>>
>>
>> http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article2154795.ece
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