Lionel Asbo

'Why aren't you out smashing windows? It's not healthy'Lionel Asbo - a very violent but not very successful criminal - has always looked out for his nephew, Desmond Pepperdine. He gives him fatherly advice (carry a knife) and introduces him to the joys of Internet porn. Des, on the other hand, desires nothing more than books, a girl to love and to steer clear Uncle Li's psychotic pitbulls, Joe and Jeff.Lionel is going about his morning duties in a London prison when he learns that he has just won 999,999.50 on the National Lottery. This is not necessarily good news for Des who has a secret that could unleash his uncle's implacable vengeance.

Lionel Asbo has just won £139,999,999.50 on the Lottery.

A horribly violent, but horribly unsuccessful criminal, Lionel's attentions up to now have all been on his nephew, Desmond Pepperdine. He showers him with fatherly advice ('carry a knife') and introduces Des to the joys of internet porn. Meanwhile, Des desires nothing more than books, a girl to love and to steer clear Uncle Li's psychotic pitbulls, Joe and Jeff.

But Lionel's winnings are not necessarily all good news. For Des has a secret, and its discovery could unleash his uncle's implacable vengeance.

'One of Amis's funniest novels' New Yorker

'A book that looks at us, laughs at us, looks at us harder, closer, and laughs at us harder and still more savagely' Observer

Vorwort

'One of Amis's funniest novels' New Yorker
'Amis is the don' Observer

Autorentext

Martin Amis was twenty-three when he wrote his first novel, The Rachel Papers (1973). Over the next half century - in fourteen more novels, two collections of short stories, eight works of literary criticism and reportage, and his acclaimed memoir, Experience - he established himself as the most distinctive and influential prose stylist of his generation. To many of his readers, Amis was also the funniest. His intoxicating comedic gifts express a profound understanding of the human experience, particularly its most shocking cruelties, and Amis wrote with pathos and verve on an astonishing range of subjects, from masculinity and movie violence to nuclear weapons and Nazi doctors. His books, which have been translated into thirty-eight languages, provide an indelible portrait and critique of late-capitalist society at the turn of the twenty-first century. He died in 2023.

Zusammenfassung
Lionel Asbo has just won 139,999,999.50 on the Lottery. A horribly violent, but horribly unsuccessful criminal, Lionel s attentions up to now have all been on his nephew, Desmond Pepperdine. He showers him with fatherly advice ( carry a knife ) and introduces Des to the joys of internet porn. Meanwhile, Des desires nothing more than books, a girl to love and to steer clear Uncle Li s psychotic pitbulls, Joe and Jeff. But Lionel s winnings are not necessarily all good news. For Des has a secret, and its discovery could unleash his uncle s implacable vengeance. One of Amis's funniest novels New Yorker A book that looks at us, laughs at us, looks at us harder, closer, and laughs at us harder and still more savagely Observer