THE RUB OF TIME

Of all the great novelists writing today, none shows the same gift as Martin Amis for writing non-fiction his essays, literary cri ticism and journalism are justly acclaimed. As Rachel Cusk wrote in the The Times, reviewing a previous collection, Amis is as tale nted a journalist as he is a novelist, but these essays all manifest an unusual extra quality, one that is not unlike friendship. He makes an effort/ he makes readers feel that they are the only person there. The essays in The Rub of Time range from superb critic al pieces o...[Leer más]