The Information (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Martin Amis
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1990’s
- Setting: London, East Anglia, and Nottingham, England; New York City; Miami; Chicago; Denver; Los Angeles; Boston and Provincetown, Massachusetts
- Principal Characters: Richard Tull, Gina Young Tull, Marco and Marius Tull, Gwyn Barry, Lady Demeter “Demi” de Rougemount Barry, Steve “Scozzy” Cousins
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Authors or writers, Friendship, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Novelists, England or English people, Revenge, Success or failure
- Locales: New York, NY, Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, Los Angeles, CA, London, England, Denver, CO, Miami, FL, East Anglia, England, Nottingham, England, Provincetown, MA
With The Information, Martin Amis again shows why he is one of England’s most highly regarded novelists. This tale of literary jealousy and revenge is a wicked satire of contemporary insecurities and inadequacies. The novel was published with an unusual degree of fanfare, partly because Amis’ proponents hoped it would be the masterpiece of which he is clearly capable and partly because of the extraliterary baggage it carried. While The Information is a brilliantly written examination of success and failure, it is not all it might have been, not as compelling a vision...
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