{"product_id":"inside-story-2","title":"Inside Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eGuardian Life is a love letter to life, addressing how to live, grieve, and die, featuring vibrant characters from Saul Bellow, Philip Larkin, Iris Murdoch, and Elizabeth Jane Howard. It is a resuscitation of sorts. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 560 pages\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 05 August 2021\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Vintage Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Utterly compelling' Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLife ...is shapeless, it does not point to and gather round anything, it does not cohere. Artistically, it's dead. Life's dead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo begins a love letter to life, a resuscitation of sorts, encountering vibrant characters from Saul Bellow, to Philip Larkin to Iris Murdoch and Elizabeth Jane Howard, and to the person who captivated Amis' twenties, the alluringly amoral Phoebe Phelps. Amis addresses our burning questions: how to live, how to grieve, and how to die?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Up there with Money and London Fields as the finest work he's produced.' Observer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis remarkable novel gives the reader the intimate testimony of one of our finest writers. Inside Story is the portrait of Martin Amis' extraordinary life, as a man and a writer. This novel had its birth in a death - that of the author's closest friend, Christopher Hitchens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe also encounter the vibrant characters who have helped define Martin Amis, from his father Kingsley, to his hero Saul Bellow, from Philip Larkin to Iris Murdoch and Elizabeth Jane Howard, and to the person who captivated his twenties, the alluringly amoral Phoebe Phelps. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat begins as a thrilling tale of romantic entanglements, family and friendship, evolves into a tender, witty exploration of the hardest questions: how to live, how to grieve, and how to die? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe result is one of Amis' greatest achievements: a love letter to life that is at once exuberant, meditative and heart-breaking, to be savoured and cherished for many years to come. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, IRISH TIMES and SPECTATOR \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Mick Jagger of literature ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmis is the most dazzling prose stylist in post-war British fiction.' Daily Telegraph \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'If you liked Experience, then you'll love Inside Story.' Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 446g \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 129 x 196 x 46 (mm) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781529113471\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martin Amis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44101886738682,"sku":"9781529113471","price":8.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/9781529113471.jpg?v=1657434275","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/inside-story-2","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}