London Fields
A bold Booker-prize shortlisted state-of-the-nation novel about power, sex, and self-deception
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London Fields
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Narrated by:
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Laurence Dobiesz
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By:
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Martin Amis
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Writer, Samson Young, is staring death in the face, and not only his own.
Void of ideas and on the verge of terminal decline, Samson’s dash to a decaying, degenerate London has brought him through the doors of the Black Cross pub and into a murder story just waiting to be narrated.
At its centre is the mesmeric, doomed Nicola Six, destined to be murdered on her 35th birthday. Around her: the disreputable men who might yet turn out to be her killer. All Samson has to do is to write Nicola’s story as it happens, and savour in this one last gift that life has granted him.
'A true story, a murder story, a love story and a thriller bursting with humour, sex and often dazzling language' Independent
© Martin Amis 1989 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
...and then it gets dark, and then darker...and darker, and MA takes you to the depths, with his unquestionable skill
The author was often criticised for the way he wrote women, but Nicola Six is the strongest character in this novel, remembering that it is a tale told by unreliable narrators, and the true master of destiny.
Like all Martin Amis, London Fields is a love/hate book. Personally I think its a masterpiece, but not one I'd ever recommend.
I think this a masterpiece - but buyer beware.
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