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by Martin Amis

ISBN: 0224096206
Author: Martin Amis
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; 1st edition (2012)
Language: English
Pages: 288
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Amis’s weary new novel, Lionel Asbo: State of England, reads like a pallid variation on Money, lightly seasoned with some Dickensian overtones. Though it’s set in the years 2006 to 2013, it feels oddly dated in comparison with Money. The book’s title character is supposed to be a Sexy Beast sort of gangster - a ruthless, psychotic thug who pulls no punches, forgives no wrongs. Lionel has something to do with the very hairiest end of debt collection and usually goes to prison on charges of Extortion With Menaces and Receiving Stolen Property.

Lionel Asbo: State of England is a novel by the English author Martin Amis, published in 2012. Despite the latter's attempts to educate his nephew according to his crude and malicious principles (including putting dogs on Tabasco diets and preferring porn over women), Desmond's interests lead him in a completely different direction

Lionel Asbo - a very violent but not very successful young criminal - is going about his morning duties in a London prison when he learns that he has just won GBP139, 999, 999. 50 on the National Lottery.

Lionel Asbo - a very violent but not very successful young criminal - is going about his morning duties in a London prison when he learns that he has just won GBP139, 999, 999. This is not necessarily good news for his ward and nephew, the orphaned Des Pepperdine, who still has reason to fear his uncle's implacable vengeance. Серия: "-" Lionel Asbo - a very violent but not very successful young criminal - is going about his morning duties in a London prison when he learns that he has just won GBP139, 999, 999.

England looked on with an indulgent smile as the romance spread its buds and bloomed. Lionel and ‘Threnody’ feeding the ducks in St James’s Park, and strolling on, hand in hand. Threnody’ and Lionel. drinking champagne in the directors’ box at Upton Park (where they watched West Ham lose heavily to Manchester City). Lionel top-hatted, and ‘Threnody’ extravagantly befrocked, enjoying a day at the races. But there were also nights out at the greyhound tracks – Walthamstow, Haringey, Ockenden – with the principals in jeans and bomber jackets.

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Why does the appearance of a book like Lionel Asbo inspire such abject misery in the breast of the seasoned .

None of this would matter quite so much, perhaps, if the novel weren't so obviously located in an England that reveals itself to be a fair bit older than the one it affects to describe, rife with glimpses of teenagers taking their "O levels" (an exam abolished in 1988), sitting their 11-Plus (an impossibility in "Diston") and.

Book Description A modern fairytale from one of the world's great writers About the Author Martin Amis is the author of twelve previous novels, the memoir Experience, two collections of stories and six collections of non-fiction, most recently The Second Plane. He lives in New York.

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Arcanefist

An unabashed fan of Martin Amis I was terribly excited at the prospect of this new offering. What can I say? Yes, it's distinctly Martin Amis, especially in the delight he takes in tearing to pieces some of his pet hates. I actually found his relentless poking at Lionel's accent terribly amusing in a childish way. And yes, there is much to laugh at in the antics of Lionel and "Threnody" - the high priest and priestess of Chav. But this novel has a sense of jumping up and down on the spot all the time, in that Amis makes his point, over and again - a point I can't say I disagree with - but once that's said and done, well...there's little more that he has to say in this novel really. Martin once again shows us he's very clever with words, has an unparalleled ear for accent and argot, and that he possesses a very, very nasty sense of humour that one either appreciates (and is therefore a fan), or one doesn't. But this novel is not a patch on, say, London Fields (Keith Talent was a dazzling character), and nowhere near the accomplishment that was The Information (everything dazzled about that one). If you're a Martin Amis fan, by all means, plunge in. You'll have a good time. It's that this isn't the best Amis you'll read. With a bit of luck, that may be yet to come.

nailer

I’d read four of Amis’s novels before Lionel Asbo (the Rachel Papers, Night Train, Money, London Fields), but Asbo replaces Money as the favourite. I’ve heard that ol’ M.A. has been in steady decline since his ‘80s literary shake-up, but not if this novel is something to go by (and it is something to go buy). Lionel Asbo: State of England is great, and what sets it apart from, say, London fields, is that it’s more concise, more linear. The unique style is still there (and it’s still unique), but the story is tighter, the scenes more immediate and therefore funnier.

Or more immediate for me. I’ve met several Lionel Asbos, and I’m not even British. I’ve seen them at Upton Park, in the pub window near the council estate, etc. I’m also working class, so I could relate: the Tabasco fueled pets, the Cobra beer, the moronic sayings (When you’re in prison, you really know where you are), and all the rest. Funny, sad, satirical, dark, and exceptionally well written – all of Amis’s traits bound neatly within 255 pages. A darned good read. Five stars.

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Mr_Jeйson

I love everything Amis writes, period. But usually his linguistic pyrotechnics camouflages a sort of coldness -- aloofness, condescension -- towards his characters, which is not the case here (also so with the excellent House of Meetings). Lionel is mostly a horrible character but not entirely. Amis actually lets us actually feel for him, wade into his limited impoverished London life where violence/jail time is routine and feel it from that level without Amis' standard turret-down sneering. And the writing about the pits will make you cry.

Ishnjurus

Martin Amis's Lionel Asbo is brilliant and funny. I laughed out loud many times. At the same time, the England he portrays is a sad place, infected with a stultifying welfare and social services mentality that makes it a doomed society. Everyone in Lionel's country is painfully stupid or drunk, and obsessed with celebrities. Amis's England is circling the toilet bowl now, but it's fate is sealed. For the same reasons, the U.S.A. is not far behind. Michael Henry

Uscavel

Typical Amis work- a hilarious, acerbic, and emotionally surreal rollercoaster ride. I love his style of writing; this novel was widely panned, and I can't understand why. I think the book is just another example of why Amis could be called the greatest post-modern novelist in the English language. The brits need to get over themselves and recognize this guy for who he is: a great polemicist who truly loves his country and its people. Unfair at times? Maybe. But you have to call it like it is.

Gavinranadar

Amis is a brilliant writer--the power of his language is as powerful as the story. He created a character who is pure eviil without any redeeming qualities. he turns everyone close to him into pawns that he can maniipulate and ultimnately destroy. In the end, he is defeated by his nephew who represents tthe only good person in his life. Amiis asks the question "are we born good or evil?" and "can evil win over good?" In this novel those questions are not trivial. Amis makes the reader want to defeat Lionel and send him away--back in jail where he belongs. Lionel gets under your skin and you want to be rid of him.

August

Lionel Asbo is a larger than life gangsta who refutes his intelligence and retains his local way of speaking even after he becomes a celebrity lottery lout. Asbo is toughness personified. Anyone who crosses Lionel, however slightly, will wish he hadn't, for the rest of his life if there is any left. He always keeps two pit bulls toughened up with a diet laced with Tabasco. The real hero is Des, his orphaned nephew and quasi-adopted son. In the state of Lionel and Des's England, incest is almost acceptable and Des is seduced by his rather young grandma. He lives in fear of uncle Li finding out.
Although the story is not that compelling, I sailed through the book laughing all the way. The prose is worthy of the great Amis and it delights. There have been some bad reviews of this book but I had enough belly laughs and delightful discoveries (for example what ASBO stands for) to make it enjoyable. And near the end of the story when anticipation caused the layers of muscle around my stomach to tighten in three part harmony, Amis surprised me. "Amis, you *!#*-head," I shouted. He had had me.

Enjoyable read. I heard Martin Amis interviewed about this book and it caught my interest. It's a really easy read - finished in in about 4 hours and enjoyed it cover to cover. Light but really well written.

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