A wickedly delightful collection of stories establishing Amis as one
of the most versatile and gifted writers of his generation. "Martin Amis
is a force unto himself.... There is, quite simply, no one else like
him."--The Washington Post
"Martin Amis is a stone-solid genius...a dazzling star of wit and
insight." --The Wall Street Journal
Martin Amis once again demonstrates why he is a modern master of the
short story form. In "Career Move," screenwriters struggle for their
art, while poets are the darlings of Hollywood. In "Straight Fiction,"
the love that dare not speak its name calls out to the hero when he
encounters a forbidden object of desire--the opposite sex. And in "State
of England," Mal, a former "minder to the superstars," discovers how to
live in a country where "class and race and gender were supposedly
gone."