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VintageReadersareaperfectintroductiontosomeofthegreatmodernwriterspresentedinattractive,accessiblepaperbackeditions."Amisthrowsoffmoreprovocativeideasandimagesinasingleparagraphthanmostwritersgetintocompletenovels."--"TheSeattleTimesEquallyathomeinsatiricalnovelsandbitingcriticalessays,wickedlyfunnyshortstoriesandintimateautobiography,MartinAmisiswidelyregardedasoneofthemostinfluentialyetinimitablevoicesincontemporaryfiction,awriterwhoseprosecapturesthewarp-speedrushofmodernity."VintageAmisdisplaysthisversatilityinanexcerptfromtheauthor'saward-winningmemoir,Experience";the"Horrorday"chapterfromLondonFields;avignettefromhisnovelMoney;thestories"StateofEngland,""InsightatFlamLake,"and"CoincidenceoftheArts";andtheessays"VisitingMrs.Nabokov,""PhantomoftheOpera."Alsoincluded,forthefirsttimeinbookform,theshortstory"Porno'sLastSummer."