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Published in the United States by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc. , New York. Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape Ltd. in 2001. Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Talk Miramax Books, a division of Hyperion, New York, in 2001. The War Against Cliché is published by arrangement with Hyperion/Talk Miramax Books.  \nVintage is a registered trademark and Vintage International and colophon are trademarks of Random House, Inc.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nAmis, Martin.  \nThe war against cliché : essays and reviews, 1971–2000 / Martin Amis.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nISBN 0-375-72716-7  \neBook ISBN: 978-1-101-91025-2  \n1. Books—Reviews. I. Title.  \nPR6051.M5 W37 2002  \n824′.914—dc21  \n2002066155  \n[www.vintagebooks.com](www.vintagebooks.com)  \nv3. 1_r1  \nTo Kingsley and Sally  \nContents  \nCover  \nTitle Page  \nCopyright  \nDedication  \nAcknowledgments  \nForeword  \nOn Masculinity and Related Questions:  \nIron John. Movie Violence. Thatcher, Lincoln, Hillary Clinton.  \nThe End of Nature. Elvis Presley and Andy Warhol.  \nNuclear Weapons. Writing About Sex.  \nZeus and the Garbage  \nI Am in Blood Stepp’d in So Far  \nA PM, a President, and a First Lady  \nThe World and I  \nElvis and Andy: US Males  \nBad Dreams  \nWhat’s Your Favourite?  \nSome English Prose:  \nV. S. Pritchett. Angus Wilson. Iris Murdoch. J.G. Ballard. Anthony Burgess. C.P. Snow, Brian Aldiss, Cyril Connolly, Fay Weldon, John Fowles. D.M. Thomas.  \nIn Praise of Pritchett  \nKith of Death: Angus Wilson  \nIris and Love  \nJ.G. Ballard  \nAnthony Burgess: Jack Be Quick  \nShorter Shrift  \nThe D.M. Thomas Phenomenon  \nPhilip Larkin  \nThe Beginning: Larval Larkin  \nThe Ending: Don Juan in Hull  \nFrom the Canon:  \nColeridge. Jane Austen. Milton. Dickens. Donne.  \nWaugh and Wodehouse. Malcolm Lowry.  \nColeridge ’s Beautiful Diseases  \nTinkering with Jane  \nSticking up for Milton  \nThe Darker Dickens  \nDonne the Apostate  \nWaugh’s Mag. Op.; Wodehouse ’s Sunset  \nLowry: In the Volcano  \nPopularity Contest:  \nRobert B. Parker: Chandler Prolonged. Michael Crichton.  \nElmore Leonard. Tom Wolfe. Thomas Harris.  \nChandler Prolonged  \nPark II  \nMaintaining on Elmore Leonard  \nHalf Wolfe  \nBob Sneed Broke the Silence  \nVladimir Nabokov  \nLife  \nLectures  \nPlays  \nLetters  \nLolita ’s Little Sister  \nSome American Prose:  \nNorman Mailer. Gore Vidal. Philip Roth. William Burroughs. Kurt Vonnegut. Truman Capote. Don DeLillo. Saul Bellow.  \nMailer ’s Lows and Highs  \nVidal’s Mirror  \nPhilip Roth and the Self  \nThe Name Is William Burroughs  \nKurt’s Cosmos  \nTruman’s","cbCaid1wnlG1MpYh","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaid1wnlG1MpYh","pdf",1779369,283,"English","# Contents\n## On Masculinity and Related Questions\n## Some English Prose\n## From the Canon\n## Popularity Contest\n## Some American Prose\n## Obsessions and Curiosities\n## Ultramundane","[{\"question\":\"What type of book is The War Against Cliché?\",\"answer\":\"It is a collection of essays and reviews by Martin Amis covering literary criticism and book review writing.\"},{\"question\":\"Which time span do the essays and reviews cover?\",\"answer\":\"The cataloging data states 1971–2000.\"},{\"question\":\"What major topics appear in the table of contents?\",\"answer\":\"The contents include sections on masculinity, English prose, American prose, canonical authors, and broader obsessions such as chess, football, and poker.\"}]","The War Against Cliché - Essays and Reviews 1971-2000 | PDF",1789974521,436]