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London Fields

By: Martin Amis
Narrated by: Steven Pacey
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 The murderee is Nicola Six, a 'black hole' of sex and self-loathing who is intend on orchestrating her own extinction. The murderer may be Keith Talent, a violent lowlife whose only passions are pornography and darts; or the rich, honourable, and dimly romantic Guy Clinch. And as Nicola leads her suitors towards the precipice, London - and, indeed, the whole world - seems to shamble after them in a corrosively funny novel of complexity and morality.©1989 Martin Amis (P)2008 BBC Audiobooks Ltd Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Witty Fiction
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This is the third book I have read by Martin Amis, two of which have been audiobooks (the other was "Money" - also brilliant, with the same narrator - a plea to AUDIBLE to get it). In print, as it were, I find him to be a difficult author; I like to read quite quickly but it is simply impossible to do this without losing the essence.

But with an audiobook, you have to go at the pace of the narrator, and so learn to appreciate the mind-boggling prose, the savagely funny humour, the variations in pace and tone, the torrent of ideas, and the complications of the characters. He really is an exceptional author, and this is a truly great book.

Of course, you need a good narrator and Steven Pacey does an quite superb job. He clearly relishes the task - he seems to roll the prose round his mouth like a fine wine - and he brings the book to life quite brilliantly. His judgement of pace and colour is faultless; and he draws the characters brilliantly too.

Strongly recommended, particularly if you are already familiar with and like the author's work.

A great book, brilliantly narrated

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Steven Pacey's reading of this novel is superb. It enabled me to get into a novel which I would otherwise have found challenging. His interpretation brings a collection of sad and shady characters to life and is very entertaining. By the end, I felt very involved and sorry to be leaving this bizarre and unsafe world.

Making Darts Interesting

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Brilliant narration - the characters came alive. I loved the 1980's predicted millennium, the quirky plot, the narrator. This is a book I've meant to read for a long time and it certainly didn't disappoint.

London Fields

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Vastly overrated but humorous and well written, didn’t quite meet my expectations but maybe they were too high

Witty

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Martin Amis prose + Steven Pacey narration = laugh outloud.
I often found myself crying with laughter on my commute

Hilarious Amis

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