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Lionel Asbo state of England

Lionel Pepperdine is the ferocious antihero of Martin Amis' latest, who proudly changes his surname legally to ASBO -- which stands for "Anti-Social Behavior Order." When Lionel wins just under a hundred million pounds in the National Lottery, the Lotto Lout is unleashed as a menace t...

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Main Author: Amis, Martin.
Corporate Authors: AudioGO (Firm)
Other Authors: Jennings, Alex.
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: North Kingstown, RI : AudioGO, p2012.
Edition: Unabridged.
Subjects:
Guardian and ward > Fiction.
Hoodlums > Fiction.
Lottery winners > Fiction.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Satire.
Audiobooks.
Summary: Lionel Pepperdine is the ferocious antihero of Martin Amis' latest, who proudly changes his surname legally to ASBO -- which stands for "Anti-Social Behavior Order." When Lionel wins just under a hundred million pounds in the National Lottery, the Lotto Lout is unleashed as a menace to society. Much of the action is seen through the eyes of Lionel's honest, intelligent, and frighteningly vulnerable mixed-race nephew, Desmond Pepperdine. Desmond has a guilty secret--and powerful reasons to fear his uncle's anger, which he knows to be limitless.--Publisher's web site
Item Description: Compact discs.
In container (17 cm.).
Physical Description: 8 sound discs (9 hr., 42 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN: 9780792787020
0792787021
9781609989859 :
1609989856 :
Author Notes: Martin Amis, son of the novelist Kingsley Amis, was born August 25, 1949. His childhood was spent traveling with his famous father. From 1969 to 1971 he attended Exeter College at Oxford University. After graduating, he worked for the Times Literary Supplement and later as special writer for the Observer.

Amis published his first novel, The Rachel Papers, in 1973, which received the prestigious Somerset Maugham Award in 1974. Other titles include Dead Babies (1976), Other People: A Mystery Story (1981); London Fields (1989), The Information (1995), and Night Train (1997).

Martin Amis has been called the voice of his generation. His novels are controversial, often satiric and dark, concentrating on urban low life. His style has been compared to that of Graham Greene, Philip Larkin and Saul Bellow, among others. He is currently Professor of Creative Writing at the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester. In 2008, The Times named him one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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