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John Self's life is out of control. His Fiasco is on the blink, his movie plans sabotaged by a zoological conspiracy, his sock has rent due. It's money that's the root of the problem, at least after you over look constant inebriation and an obsession with pornography. Amis's punk poetry/novel is a must read of the dissolute, self involved, chaotic world of the 80's yuppies.
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This is the Martin Amis to read if you're just reading one. I've probably read the darn thing seven times over the years, and will read it again. Whole scenes and chunks of dialog have lodged in my memory. Take any random paragraph from the book, and it jumps around like it's been hooked into a wall socket. It's astonishing to see this level of prose energy sustained over an entire book. I really think that, one way or another, writing this took something out of Amis that hasn't yet come back.
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This book has got to be one of the funniest books I have ever read!! Mr. Amis creates in "John Self" a character with narry a redeeming quality! This character is strictly "id" oriented; which results in his eventual fall from 80's over-indulgence!! There is no time to pity this guy, as his world crumbles around him, because you're laughing too hard!!
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Martin Amis would be a better writer if he wrote more than one draft. He wings its more than Rushdie. This book is funny, but it is hard to follow, and at the end, it is hard to recall what was read. No real story. No real value.
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Amis has succeeded in making a hard-drinking, hard-drugging, and occasional date-rapist a profoundly sympathetic character. The more frequently the protagonist--if he can be called that--overdoses on pornography the more you ask your girlfriend to get up and get you a beer. Such is the state of the tail end of the 20th century, as Amis brilliantly conveys.
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