Title: Less Than Zero
Product review: Some who defend Amis' book make the insulting assumption that those of us who didn't like it were simply put out by the lack of an ending, implying that we "don't get it." Maybe the non-ender was a problem for some, but my complaint is still that the book is terribly written and will provide an extra laugh for American readers, who could make a game of counting the out-of-place Britishisms in this putatively American-based book. If you're going to use any vehicle (such as noir) for an apparently 'modernist' experiment, you should learn to drive first....I will point everyone again to Kerr's "Berlin Noir" series. If you insist on reading Amis, however, please go immediately to "The Rachel Papers," one of the best books ever written, or "Time's Arrow," also one of the best ever, or "Success" or "Money" or....
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