(1993) is Martin Amis’s third nonfiction book and his second collection of essays, reviews and interviews. Like its predecessor,

(1986), it is lively, impressionistic, and sometimes funny and insightful, especially about literature. Where

contained, an introduction followed by 27 pieces (not in chronological order) first published, between 1977 and 1985, mainly in the

,

contains an introduction and 33 pieces (again not in chronological order) first published between 1976 and 1992. 14 pieces appeared in the

, three in

and the rest in a variety of newspapers and journals such as the

,

/

,

and

. Amis has…

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