Yellow Dog (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Martin Amis
- First Published: 2003
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 2003
- Setting: London, Paris, the south of France, and Southern California
- Principal Characters: Xan Meo, Dr. Russia Tannenbaum, Billie Meo, Henry IX, Princess Victoria, Brendan Urquhart-Gordon, Clint Smoker, Joseph Andrews, Pearl O’Daniel, Cora Susan/Karla White, Mal Bale, Kate, Homeless John
- Genres: Long fiction, Novel
- Subjects: Wives, France or French people, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Interracial relationships, Marriage, Paris, California, England or English people, Women, London, Corruption, Mass media, Morality or morals, Great Britain, Pornography
- Locales: Paris, France, London, England, Southern California
As Martin Amis is generally considered one of the most brilliant British novelists of his generation, the publication of each of his books becomes a media event in Great Britain. Because novels such as Money (1984), London Fields (1989), and The Information (1995) are decidedly American in their styles and themes, with similarities to the works of such writers as Saul Bellow and Don DeLillo, Amis also elicits considerable attention from the literary establishment in the United States. Yellow Dog is especially notable because of a controversy about its...
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