As a journalist, critic, and novelist, Martin Amis has always turned his
keen intellect and unrivaled prose loose on an astonishing range of
topics--politics, sports, celebrity, America, and, of course,
literature. Collected here is some of his best nonfiction work from over
two decades. Amis writes about finally confronting the effects of aging
on his athletic prowess. He revisits the worlds of Bellow and Nabokov,
his "twin peaks," masters who have obsessed and inspired him. And he
turns his piercingly observant eye on Donald Trump, whom he finds
"scowling out from under an omelette of makeup" in the run-up to the
2016 Republican Convention, and at a post-election rally, regarding his
crowd of supporters with a "flat sneer of Ozymandian hauteur."
Overflowing with startling and singular turns of phrase, and complete
with new commentary by the author, The Rub of Time is a vital addition
to any bookshelf, and the perfect primer for readers discovering Amis's
fierce talents for the first time.