Lehmann talks to Martin Amis
Chris Lehmann interviews Martin Amis — who manages to swagger even online — about his new book, past affairs, friendship with Hitchens, and more.
Chris Lehmann interviews Martin Amis — who manages to swagger even online — about his new book, past affairs, friendship with Hitchens, and more.
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Hilary Mantel admires the “unrelenting Swiftian nastiness” on display in Clare Clark’s The Nature of Monsters.
Gelflog digs up eleven children’s and YA books — beyond this year’s suddenly controversial Newbery Award winner — that contain the word “scrotum.” (Via.)