Title: Self-reflexive metafiction of the best kind.
Product review: "elking" hit the nail on the head. All the characters are authors, and Amis seems to be playing with the ideas that he (and his idol, Nabokov) stress so vehemently, that is, "look at what the author is doing." Unlike the self-reflexive metafiction of Nabokov's Pale Fire, which gets a bit baroque at times (although it should be read by everyone, despite its difficulty level) or the rococco of John Barth (see LETTERS), Amis makes the form accessible while still letting those who have more scholarly or deeply engaged interests plenty to work with. A damn fun book on so many levels. Read it.
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