Title: nothing else like it
Product review: This is a sprawling, gritty, brilliant, tough-minded, ambitious work, requiring effort but richly rewarding the effort. Not because it's self-serious (it's actually extremely funny), but because it's so rich. If it's messy and even flawed at times, it's because life is messy and flawed. Don't pass it up just because it doesn't always go down smoothly.London Fields reminds me somewhat of Dickens - rough London setting, hilarious but quite believable characterizations, wry humor, ambitious scale. I couldn't help but picture actor Bob Hoskins as Keith - this made the book even funnier and richer to me.You don't write off a talent as great as Amis just because he takes an occasional misstep - this would be like writing off Dylan because he made Renaldo and Clara. Flawed or not, reading this book will greatly enrich your life.
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