Description
Lionel Asbo has just won ยฃ139,999,999.50 on the Lottery.A horribly violent, but horribly unsuccessful criminal, Lionelโs attentions up to now have all been on his nephew, Desmond Pepperdine. He showers him with fatherly advice (โcarry a knifeโ) and introduces Des to the joys of internet porn. Meanwhile, Des desires nothing more than books, a girl to love and to steer clear Uncle Liโs psychotic pitbulls, Joe and Jeff.
But Lionelโs winnings are not necessarily all good news. For Des has a secret, and its discovery could unleash his uncleโs implacable vengeance.
โOne of Amis's funniest novelsโ New Yorker
โA book that looks at us, laughs at us, looks at us harder, closer, and laughs at us harder and still more savagelyโ Observer ISBN:9780099565680
