The dustjacket describes this joint critical biography of Kingsley and Martin Amis as “witty, opinionated and thoroughly readable”. The word “opinionated” should ring alarm bells.
The book opens with Neil Powell visiting Kingsley’s childhood home in Norbury and finding that “the air carries a strong and unmistakable whiff of curry”. Is this actually true? Or is [...]
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Dec
Edmund White has grown into the kind of character he would describe brilliantly. Maybe he’d clock the hair that falls boyishly yet snowy white across his forehead, as he lets me into his Manhattan apartment. He’d surely have some fun with those combat shorts and the green ‘Cancun’ T-shirt stretched across his stomach like the [...]
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Dec
In one of the cleverer marketing wheezes of this summer, Penguin has republished 20 pieces of classic romantic and erotic literature. Some are whole novellas, such as Fran%26ccedil;oise Sagan’s Bonjour Tristesse or DH Lawrence’s The Virgin and the Gypsy, while others comprise short story collections from Anton Chekhov, Katherine Mansfield and Thomas Hardy. There’s even [...]
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Dec
Four down-and-outs must drive a convoy of nitro-glycerine through the South American jungle. The slightest bump on the treacherous roads could mean death, but Clouzot’s gripping thriller favours psychological portraits over action, exploring the desperate rivalry, greed and ironic fates of his tough-guy characters.
Wall Street
The dependably oily Michael Douglas offers up a time-capsule 80s role [...]
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Dec
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