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Politics and Prose Presents MARTIN AMIS
For more than thirty years, Martin Amis has turned his keen intellect and unrivaled prose loose on an astonishing range of topics. Now, at last, these incomparable essays have been gathered together in THE RUB OF TIME. Here is Amis at the 2011 GOP Iowa Caucus, where, squeezed between "windbreakers and woolly hats," he pores over The Ron Paul Family Cookbook and laments the absence of "our Banquo," Herman Cain. He writes about finally confronting the effects of aging on his athletic prowess. He revisits, time and time again, the worlds of Bellow and Nabokov, his "twin peaks," masters who have obsessed and inspired him. Brilliant, incisive, and savagely funny, THE RUB OF TIME is a vital addition to any Amis fan's bookshelf, and the perfect primer for readers discovering his fierce and tremendous journalistic talents for the first time.
Amis will be in conversation with Tope Folarin, a writer based in Washington DC. His debut novel, THE PROXIMITY OF DISTANCE, is forthcoming from Simon and Schuster.
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LocationSidwell Friends Meeting House (View)
3825 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001
United States
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