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London Fields

By: Martin Amis
Narrated by: Steven Pacey
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 The murderee is Nicola Six, a 'black hole' of sex and self-loathing who is intend on orchestrating her own extinction. The murderer may be Keith Talent, a violent lowlife whose only passions are pornography and darts; or the rich, honourable, and dimly romantic Guy Clinch. And as Nicola leads her suitors towards the precipice, London - and, indeed, the whole world - seems to shamble after them in a corrosively funny novel of complexity and morality.©1989 Martin Amis (P)2008 BBC Audiobooks Ltd Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense
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Darkly funny & mildly erotic... if you like your misogyny served with the flat of the hand a plate of chips & a packet of fags. Keith Talent, the Del boy of darts meets Guy a wealthy horray Henry & both are entangled in plans for the self-destruction of the exotic & clairvoyant Nicola, who has foreseen her own murder. The tale is narrated a dying American author using their travails as a text for his one last book. All credit to the voiceover artist & his vocal caricature of the thuggish Keith, his numerous birds & long suffering wife. Contrasting the heavy London accent against a credible American accent is no mean feat. Martin Amis was a master wordsmith but in my opinion this one needed a savage edit. Too long, too much repetition & an ending that, well...yawn that I for one was just glad to get to.

Comedic tale of love, lies & darts

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Martin Amis is a great writer, however I found the story went for far too long. It was hard to follow at times with the audio version due to the sheer length. Despite this, the narration for this audiobook was superb.

Brilliant writing, but overlong

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such an awesome story . really liked the story also kudos to the narrator. he is bloody versatile. a very enjoyable listen over all.

enjoyed every bit of it.

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The Audible Australia single-part version of this book is presented in the order: Part 1, Part 3, Part 2. I unfortunately didn't notice this until the book ended 2/3 of the way through.

WARNING! Chapters in the wrong order.

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