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KNOPF  \nCopyright © 2017 by Martin Amis  \nAll rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York. Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vintage Publishing, a division  \nof Penguin Random House Ltd., London, in 2017.  \n[www.aaknopf.com](www.aaknopf.com)  \nKnopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.  \nThis page constitutes an extension of the copyright page.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nNames: Amis, Martin.  \nTitle: The rub of time : Bellow, Nabokov, Hitchens, Travolta, Trump: essays and reportage, 1994–2017 / by Martin Amis.  \nDescription: First edition. | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. | “This is a Borzoi book” | Includes index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017017321 | ISBN 9781400044535 (hardcover) ISBN 9780525520252 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Reportage literature, American. | BI SAC: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays. | LITERARY  \nCRITICISM / Books & Reading.  \nClassification: LCC PR6051.M5 A6 2018 | DDC 824/.914—dc23 LC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2017017321](https://lccn.loc.gov/2017017321)  \nEbook ISBN 9780525520252  \nCover photograph by Ekko von Schwichow  \nCover design by Carol Devine Carson  \nv5 .2  \nep  \nTo my grandchildren Isaac and Eleanor  \nContents  \nCover  \nAlso by Martin Amis  \nTitle Page  \nCopyright  \nDedication  \nAuthor’s Note and Acknowledgments  \nBy Way of an Introduction  \nHe’s Leaving Home  \nTwin Peaks 1  \nVladimir Nabokov and the Problem from Hell  \nSaul Bellow, as Opposed to Henry James  \nPolitics 1  \nThe Republican Party in 2011: Iowa  \nThe Republican Party in 2012: Tampa, Florida  \nThe Republican Party in 2016 : Trump  \nLiterature 1  \nPhilip Larkin: His Work and Life  \nLarkin’s Letters to Monica  \nIris Murdoch: Age Will Win  \nThe House of Windsor  \nPrincess Diana: A Mirror, Not a Lamp  \nThe Queen’s Speech, the Queen’s Heart  \nMore Personal 1  \nYou Ask the Questions 1  \nThe Fourth Estate and the Puzzle of Heredity  \nOn the Road: The Multicity Book Tour  \nThe King’s English  \nTwin Peaks 2  \nBellow’s Lettres  \nNabokov’s Natural Selection  \nAmericana ( Stepping Westward)  \nLosing in Las Vegas  \nTravolta’s Second Act  \nIn Pornoland: Pussies Are Bullshit  \nLiterature 2  \nDon DeLillo: Laureate of Terror  \nJ. 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Ballard: From Outer Space to Inner Space  \nEarly Ballard: The Drowned World  \nThe Shock of the New: A Clockwork Orange Turns Fifty  \nSport  \nThree Stabs at Tennis The Champions League Final, 1999  \nIn Search of Dieguito Maradona  \nOn the Court: My Beautiful Game  \nMore Personal 2  \nDeciding to Write Time’s Arrow Marty and Nick Jr. Sail to America You Ask the Questions 2  \nPolitics 2  \nIvan Is Introduced to the USSR: All Together Now Is Terrorism “About Religion”?  \nIn Memory of Neda Soltan, 1983–2009: Iran The Crippled Murderers of Cali, Colombia  \nLiterature 3  \nPhilip Roth Finds Himself  \nRoth the Elder: A Moralistic Investigation John Updike’s Farewell Notes  \nRabbit Angstrom Confronts Obamacare Jane Austen and the Dream Factory  \nMore Personal 3 Christopher Hitchens  \nPolitics 3  \nOn Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition President Trump Orates in Ohio  \nTwin Peaks 3  \nBellow: Avoiding the Void  \nVéra and Vladimir: Letters to Véra  \nPermissions  \nAuthor’s Note and Acknowledgments  \nTHE NATURAL SIN OF LANGUAGE  \nIn the process of its composition, a lyric poem or a very short short story can reach the point where it ceases to be capable o","cbCaibg0GuBoYhQa","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibg0GuBoYhQa","pdf",3155509,294,"English","# By Way of an Introduction\n# He’s Leaving Home\n# Vladimir Nabokov and the Problem from Hell\n# Saul Bellow, as Opposed to Henry James\n# Politics 1\n## The Republican Party in 2011: Iowa\n## The Republican Party in 2012: Tampa, Florida\n## The Republican Party in 2016: Trump\n# Literature 1\n## Philip Larkin: His Work and Life\n## Iris Murdoch: Age Will Win\n## The House of Windsor\n# More Personal 1\n## You Ask the Questions 1\n# Twin Peaks 1\n# Politics 2\n## Ivan Is Introduced to the USSR: All Together Now is Terrorism\n# Literature 2\n## Don DeLillo: Laureate of Terror\n# More Personal 2\n## Deciding to Write Time’s Arrow\n# Twin Peaks 2\n# Politics 3\n## On Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition\n# Literature 3\n## Philip Roth Finds Himself\n# More Personal 3\n## Christopher Hitchens\n# Twin Peaks 3\n# THE NATURAL SIN OF LANGUAGE","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of The rub of time?\",\"answer\":\"It gathers Martin Amis’s essays and reportage from 1994–2017, blending literary criticism with political commentary and reflective writing on craft.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the introduction describe prose and revision?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that discursive prose remains open to continuous improvement, contrasting it with shorter forms that can reach a point where revision should stop.\"},{\"question\":\"Which topics appear throughout the collection?\",\"answer\":\"Sections address writers such as Nabokov, Bellow, Larkin, Murdoch, DeLillo, Ballard, and Roth, alongside political entries and personal pieces organized by recurring headings.\"}]","The rub of time - essays and reportage - 1994-2017 | PDF",1789989261,453]