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Money

by Martin Amis · 1984

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TimeMagazine included the book in its list of the 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. The story of John Self and his insatiable appetite for money, alcohol, fast food, drugs, porn and more, Moneyis ceaselessly inventive and thrillingly savage; a tale of life lived without restraint, of money and the disasters it can precipitate.

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humorhumorMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thissatiresatireMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of thisBritish mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisNew YorkNew YorkMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 394 pages

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