by Martin Amis · Random House Publishers · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099582052
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«Lionel Asbo: State of England» is the satirical novel by Martin Amis, published by Random House Publishers in paperback (288 pages, in English).
Lionel Asbo, a violent and unsuccessful criminal, discovers in prison that he has won £139,999,999.50 in the national lottery. His orphaned nephew Desmond Pepperdine, who only wants books, love and to avoid his uncle's dogs, fears the new millionaire's revenge. A satire on contemporary England.
Published in 2013, it was nominated for the Europese Literatuurprijs. The ISBN-13 of the edition is 9780099582052.
For readers of satire, black humour and contemporary British fiction, especially those already familiar with Martin Amis's work.
Sir Martin Louis Amis was an English novelist, essayist, memoirist, screenwriter and critic. He is best known for his novels Money (1984) and London Fields (1989). He received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his memoir Experience and was twice listed for the Booker Prize. Amis was a professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing from 2007 until 2011. In 2008, The Times named him one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.
