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Money

By: Martin Amis
Narrated by: Steven Pacey
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 John Self is addicted to life. Porn freak and jetsetter, a aficionado of wealth and women, Self is the shameless heir to a fast-food culture where money beats out an insistent invitation to futile self-gratification. Out in New York, mingling with the mighty, making a fortune but spending more, Self is embroiled in the corruption, the brutality, and the obscenity of the money conspiracy.©1984 Martin Amis (P)2008 BBC Audiobooks Ltd Dark Humour Fiction Literature & Fiction Satire Money

Critic Reviews

"Terribly, terminally funny; laughter in the dark, if ever I heard it." ( The Guardian)
"This is my first Martin Amis...John Self, the narrator, a mega-rich yob who makes TV commercials, has rotten teeth too, beats up women and plays tennis chess, not tennis, with Martin Amis, He's also very, very funny. I'd better read another." ( The Guardian)
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas on steroids. Wild, very funny in a non-PC world and ultimately “what the …. happened”

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I honestly did not expect the book to be THAT good. It was a real gem! And the performance made it even more amazing. Absolutely brilliant - and absolutely recommended!!!

probably the best audiobook performance ever

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This is the best performed audiobook I've listened to. Stephen Pacey captures the true essence of the protagonist John Self.

Money

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It's okay that the raunch & the smut & the endless primary focus of the main character, John Self, is laser focused on debauchery. The rapid fire cadence and the self-depreciation of Mr. Self entertains as the plot unfolds. The narrator's reading elevates Martin Amis' novel to a place that had read the book I would have never been able to do. There is so much to revel in the plot, the characters. I will return to this mint of story and realise how much I was not able to take in the first go around. Brilliant debauchery described in a manner that is all at once disgusting and evidences the incredible intellect that Martin Amis wields.

Money. Whoa what a story it tells.

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The narrator is ghastly; bizarre accent, intensely irritating. Story is classic Martin Amis; misogynistic, unlikeable central character, underdeveloped minor characters. I want my money back!

Don’t bother

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The overbearing and irritating narration leaves no room for the listener to imagine the characters, and significantly detracts from the writing. If I'd read this in the 80s, I would have thought it was already dated. in 2024 it has aged very badly, and it's more irksome than farce. It's difficult to believe this is included in the best 100 novels of the last 100 years. Amis wrote far superior books than Money.

Remarkably bad

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