tibor fischer vs. martin amis

So jettisoning [my former agent] Wylie was very much the right decision. It still gives me a satisfying glow to think of it. But I did wonder, what does Wylie actually do all day long? Is he still writing poetry? I've recently discovered that he likes to spend his time creating embargoes. I received a copy of Martin Amis's new novel, Yellow Dog, and an embargo letter that demands that no part of the book be disclosed or reproduced in any form.

I feel I should respect that embargo, but let me refer you to Amazon.com: when dream husband Xan Meo is vengefully assaulted in the garden of a London pub, he suffers head injury and personality change. Meanwhile, we explore the entanglements of Henry England: his incapacitated wife, Pamela; his Chinese mistress, He Zhezun; his 15-year-old daughter, Victoria, the victim of a filmed intrusion that rivets the world because she is the future Queen of England, and her father, Henry IX, is its King.

So I won't tell you anything about the contents of Yellow Dog, but what I will tell you is that it's terrible.

Posted by xtop at October 17, 2003 10:14 PM