{"product_id":"the-war-against-cliche-essays-and-reviews-1971-2000","title":"The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000","description":"NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • In this virtuosic, career-spanning collection, Martin Amis, \"one of the most gifted novelists of his generation” (TIME), takes on James Joyce and Elvis Presley, Nabokov and English football, Jane Austen and Penthouse Forum, William Burroughs and Hillary Clinton, and more.\n\n\"[Written] with intelligence and ardor and panache.... Speaks not just to a lifetime of reading but also to a fascination with individual writers.\" —The New York Times\n\nHere, Amis serves up fresh assessments of the classics and plucks neglected masterpieces off their dusty shelves. Above all, Amis is concerned with literature, and with the deadly cliches—not only of the pen, but of the mind and the heart.\n\nHe tilts with Cervantes, Dickens and Milton, celebrates Bellow, Updike and Elmore Leonard, and deflates some of the most bloated reputations of the past three decades. On every page Amis writes with jaw-dropping felicity, wit, and a subversive brilliance that sheds new light on everything he touches.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0375727167\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0375727167.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Amis, Martin\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41606683492410,"sku":"DBV.0375727167.A","price":11.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0375727167-0.jpg?v=1787366134","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-war-against-cliche-essays-and-reviews-1971-2000","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}