War Against Cliché : Essays and Reviews, 1971-2000

English

ISBN: 0786866748

EAN: 9780786866748

Category: Literary Criticism / Books & Reading

Publisher: Talk Miramax Books

Release Date: 11/01/2001

Synopsis: Is there anything that Martin Amis cant write about? In this virtuosic, career-spanning collection he takes on James Joyce and Elvis Presley, Nabokov and English football, Jane Austen and Penthouse Forum, William Burroughs and Hillary Clinton. But above all, Amis is concerned with literature, and with the deadly cliches-not only of the pen, but of the mind and the heart. In The War Against Cliche, Amis serves up fresh assessments of the classics and plucks neglected masterpieces off their dusty shelves. He tilts with Cervantes, Dickens and Milton, celebrates Bellow, Updike and Elmore Leonard, and deflates some of the most bloated reputations of the past three decades. On every page Amis writes with jaw-dropping felicity, wit, and a subversive brilliance that sheds new light on everything he touches.

Awards: National Book Critics Circle Awards – null 

War Against Cliché : Essays and Reviews, 1971-2000

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.5 inches

Width: 6.5 inches

Length: 9.5 inches

Weight: 31.43 oz

Pages: 512