by Martin Amis · Empuries · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497879088
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«Lionel Asbo» is a satirical novel by Martin Amis, published by Empúries in paperback (320 pages).
Desmond Pepperdine, a teenager from a deprived London neighbourhood, lives with his uncle Lionel Asbo, a repeat offender who gives him unorthodox paternal advice. When Lionel wins £140 million in the lottery, the money introduces him to a world of luxury, fame and excess, in a satire on contemporary British morality.
The novel was originally published in 2012; this edition, dated 16 January 2014, includes the translation by Marta Pera and carries the subtitle «Estat d'Anglaterra».
Recommended for readers who enjoy social satire and contemporary British literary fiction.
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.
