A collection of essays on America by the author of London Fields, Money and Yellow Dog. At the age of ten, when Martin Amis spent a year in Princeton, New Jersey, he was excited and frightened by America. As an adult he has approached that confusing country from many arresting angles, and interviewed its literati, filmmakers, thinkers, opinion-makers, leaders and crackpots with characteristic discernment and wit. Included in a gallery of Great American Novelists are Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Truman Capote, Joseph Heller, ...
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A collection of essays on America by the author of London Fields, Money and Yellow Dog. At the age of ten, when Martin Amis spent a year in Princeton, New Jersey, he was excited and frightened by America. As an adult he has approached that confusing country from many arresting angles, and interviewed its literati, filmmakers, thinkers, opinion-makers, leaders and crackpots with characteristic discernment and wit. Included in a gallery of Great American Novelists are Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Truman Capote, Joseph Heller, William Burroughs, Kurt Vonnegut, John Updike, Paul Theroux, Philip Roth and Saul Bellow. Amis also takes us to Dallas, where presidential candidate Ronald Reagan is attempting to liaise with born-again Christians. We glimpse the beau monde of Palm Beach, where each couple tries to out-Gatsby the other, and examine the case of Claus von Bulow. Steven Spielberg gets a visit, as does Brian de Palma, whom Amis asks why his films make no sense, and Hugh Hefner's sybaritic fortress and sanitized image are penetrated. There can be little that escapes the eye of Martin Amis when his curiosity leads him to a subject, and America has found in him a superlative chronicler. "From the Trade Paperback edition."
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May have some shelf-wear due to normal use. Your purchase funds free job training and education in the greater Seattle area. Thank you for supporting Goodwill's nonprofit mission!
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NEAR FINE IN NEAR FINE D.J. BOOK IS ABOUT FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT OTHER THAN A VERY SLIGHT CRUSH AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE. D.J. IS ABOUT FINE WITH SOME CREASING TO LAMINATE ON THE SPINE PANEL (PRODUCTION FLAW) AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH REMAINDER MARK ON THE BOTTOM EDGE.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0224023853. First Edition, Signed By Author with inscription "To Wayne Martin Amis". A very nice copy with clean, bright interior pages and solid binding. DJ has a faint scratch like line to cover near spine that you can see in the light, otherwise in very nice condition with protective mylar cover. Scarce, signed copy.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 208 pages; Signed by Author.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. First edition. INSCRIBED by Martin Amis on title page. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (Faint touch of shelf-soiling to edges. Light lamination creasing on rear panel. ) Essays.
