New Fiction: A Reading: Martin Amis on Lionel Asbo: State of England
Saturday, Nov. 17, 11:00 a.m., Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
Author(s) and Guest(s)
Martin Amis Martin Amis
Martin Amis’s latest, Lionel Asbo: A Novel (Knopf, $25.95), features a terrifying yet weirdly loyal thug, named after England’s notorious Anti-Social Behaviour Order. Just as he begins to lead a gentler, healthier life, his uncle—once again in a London prison—wins £140 million in the lottery and upon his release hires a public relations firm and begins dating a cannily ambitious topless model and “poet.” “With crisp insights, rollicking storytelling and acrobatic wit, Amis has created a peppery, topsy-turvy Pygmalion fable and hilarious dismantlement of our cherished rags-to-riches fantasy.” —Kansas City Star. Amis is the author of twelve previous novels, the memoir Experience, two collections of stories and six of nonfiction, most recently The Second Plane.
Schedule
Location
Miami Book Fair International * Miami Dade College
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132
Auditorium (Building 1, 2nd Floor, Room 1261)
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