Amis, Martin
London Fields
Toronto, Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. pp. 470. 8vo. Gray binding with gilt lettering to spine. Light shelfwear; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. From wikipedia, "London Fields is set in London in 1999 against a backdrop of environmental, social, and moral degradation, and the looming threat of world instability and nuclear war (referred to as "The Crisis"). The novel opens with Samson explaining how grateful he is to have found this story, already formed, already happening, waiting to be written down. .
Bison Books
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Keywords: Black comedy; social criticism; nuclear war; millennium