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  <title><![CDATA[Money]]></title>
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  <default_description>The story of John Self and his insatiable appetite for money, alcohol, drugs, porn and more. Ceaselessly inventive and thrillingly savage, it is a tale of life lived without restraint; of money and the disasters it can precipitate.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1985</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Martin Amis]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[There's one line in here that is possibly the funniest sentence I've read, ever, and my thinking that sure makes me a lousy feminist, but if you've read &quot;Money&quot; and you have any sense of humor you know exactly of which line I speak... not as moving as &quot;Time's Arrow&quot; but with just...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11566404">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The trials and tribulations Amis had in penning the script for <em>Saturn 3</em> thinly disguised as a novel.   <br/><br/>What's a <em>Saturn 3</em>?  It, along with <em>Mars Attacks</em>, is (are?) Amis' gift(s) to the silver screen.<br/><br/>And speaking of Tom Jones, there is a very ridiculous Tom Jones joke in <em>Yellow ...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2950187">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 09 15:08:47 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 09 15:09:07 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would like to begin this review with a statement: I am not a rich man. The highest amount of capital I have ever accrued amounts to approximately two thousand British pounds, and after reading Money: A Suicide Note from Martin Amis, I can also state in all conviction – that will do quite nicely ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77245533">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed May 20 12:50:59 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Standing in the nordic nook of the kitchen, I can gaze down at the flimsy-limbed joggers heading south towards the Park. It's nearly as bad as New York. Some of these gasping fatsos, these too-little-too-late artists, they look as though they're running up rising ground, climbing ground. My ge...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56766056">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="16556349">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is another one of those hard livin', rules be damned books that make me think to myself the whole time, &quot;Ok, dude, I get it- you like to get all fucked up and bone skanks, you self destructive pile of crap- I get it.&quot;<br/><br/>It was still somewhat enjoyable, but I just felt so tens...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16556349">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2731969">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great big corpulent lavish gross book. John Self is a repulsive character but strangely likeable. I was blown away by the characterising language. The book is so powerful it's like a force of nature. By the way i know that last sentence is a terrible cliche. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Easily my favourite Martin Amis novel. I read this on the recommendation of my friend Boaz who wrote in a latter something along the lines of:<br/>&quot;There are many books that will change your life. There are very few that will fuck it up completely.&quot;<br/>We were young and impressionable and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45919022">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64351297">
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[When my British Lit. professor gave us the option of skipping over this book because of its pervasive sexuality, I took him up on it.  Not that I have done a 180 and am suddenly interested in novels with scenes of sordid sex, but I think my approach to sex in literature is changing.  And from what I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64351297">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45722056">
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My God. <br/><br/>That was one of the oddest books I've ever read.<br/>Topic- well, Money. No, really, it's mostly about money. And pornography. And sex. And street fights. And movies. And an author named Martin Amis. And drinking, loads of drinking.<br/><br/>It is also one of the best written ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45722056">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42567514">
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    <name><![CDATA[Meghan]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 27 14:38:59 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Mar 27 14:38:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[[I really wish I could give this 4.5 stars!:]  This book is hilarious in a Bukowski grizzled-ass way, except that the main character, John Self, has money instead of being a poor job-hopper like Henry Chinasky.  He's still a drunk, but instead his whisky and cheap wine are usually downed alongside s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42567514">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35194986">
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    <location><![CDATA[Cardiff, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Dec 10 05:19:28 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I feel conflicted about how to rate this book. I didn't actually <em>like</em> it, so I don't want to give it three stars, but it interested me more than it simply being okay. I'm really not a fan of post-modernism in general -- I dislike being constantly pulled out of the story and reminded that it is a sto...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35194986">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47545990">
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    <name><![CDATA[Lisa ]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 25 18:15:08 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The main character is a nasty guy. He has lots of sex and drinks his way through pretty much all of the book. I wouldn't even say he's an anti-hero,or someone to root for. However,his antics kept me turning the pages to see what he would get himself into next. This is set in the early 80s,so the ide...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47545990">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37967620">
    <user id="303764">
    <name><![CDATA[Ross]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Decatur, GA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Dec 15 08:59:39 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's a strange book, but the story is very clever.  It's a first-hand account of a director's attempt to get his life story made into a movie.  The &quot;life story&quot; centers around the narrator's issues with his father--something that Martin Amis probably knows all to well from his relationship...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37967620">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50925789">
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    <name><![CDATA[Emory Lee]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a favorite novel of mine for a number of reasons. Many persons categorize it with London Fields and The Information, as these are major, mid-career novels by Amis. I'd recommend that a reader tackle them in the order of their original publication. A companion text for Money: Othello.]]></body>
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    <review id="33077543">
    <user id="411473">
    <name><![CDATA[Jason]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Prague, Czech Republic]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 17 07:15:26 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[My second encounter with Amis (the first was the stunning House of Meetings) and the diversity between these two books display pure genius. Set in early 1980s New York and London I feel the book's biggest point is that we're all basically slaves to money and always have been and will continue to be....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33077543">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59999290">
    <user id="1150727">
    <name><![CDATA[Dave]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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    <body><![CDATA[Along with LONDON FIELDS, THE INFORMATION and (more recently) HOUSE OF MEETINGS, I think MONEY is the best thing Amis has written. And yes, I know that's not exactly narrowing it down too much, but it's the best I can do. I love all four of these books (and mostly like the rest).]]></body>
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    <review id="68240984">
    <user id="290735">
    <name><![CDATA[Arthur]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 20 14:58:33 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 20 15:02:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A satire of rich urban people in the 80's, reminding me of Bonfire of the Vanities and American Psycho.  I laughed a bunch of times while reading, and the writing is pretty clever, but the message didn't feel poignant enough to justify the book's long length.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the whole &quot;streaming-thought&quot; style of writing is not exactly my cup of tea.  I found it hard to get through, but since I can't not finish a book, I trekked on.  Towards the end, I did got used to the style and ended up appreciating it for its uniqueness...however, I wouldn'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50421687">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm half disappointed and half relieved that I won't be finishing this book. Overall, it was very boring, but it was still peppered with amusing moments. It even shocked me a couple of times, which is rare.<br/><br/>The book would have been a knockout if it were much, much slighter. But after 250 ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10568698">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[if you liked American Psycho, then read this. It deals with the same themes, but much drier in style. The excesses of the 80's and our obsession with status and wealth is laid bare here, and it remains one of Amis' best. ]]></body>
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