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Fiction
by Kate Holden
June 2011, no. 332

I Hate Martin Amis Et Al.  by Peter Barry

Transit Lounge Publishing, $29.95 pb, 256 pp, 9780980846201

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Milan Zorec, protagonist of I Hate Martin Amis Et Al., walks into the London office of a literary agency that has rejected his novel and terrorises the agent before going to jail, where he decides to travel to besieged Sarajevo in order to vent his spleen by assassinating innocent civilians. In the light of this, and for other reasons, a reviewer of this disquieting, artful novel must be careful.

 


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I Hate Martin Amis Et Al.  by Peter Barry

Transit Lounge Publishing, $29.95 pb, 256 pp, 9780980846201

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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