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Martin Amis - House of Meetings

Home comforts

18 Sep 2006

There are few contemporary British authors whose early literary output was received by the critics as like some unstoppable train only for it to veer horrifically off course and wind up crashing and burning in full public glare. He seems to share a…

Hitlist

18 Sep 2006

Adam Ant After coming far from his face-painted days, the 1980s pop star has delivered an autobiography about the business and his battles with depression. Waterstone’s, 128 Princes Street, Edinburgh, 226 2666. 1pm. Free. Tue 26 Sep; Borders Books, 98…

Gordon Burn - Best and Edwards

Gordon Burn

(5 stars)18 Sep 2006

SPORT BIOGRAPHY On the day of the recent Champions League clash between Manchester United and Celtic, the shirt George Best wore while scoring six goals for the Red Devils against Northampton in 1970 was sold in auction for £24,000. It feels…

JG Ballard - Kingdom Come

JG Ballard

(4 stars)18 Sep 2006

DYSTOPIAN TALE Septuagenarian novelist JG Ballard belongs to that rare cabal of authors to have had an adjective named after them. ‘Ballardian’ evokes the bleak, urban landscapes and lyrical insight into the dark human effects of technological and…

Brendan McCarthy - Solo (comic)

Brendan McCarthy

(4 stars)18 Sep 2006

COMICS As a child brought up on the surreal and sometimes vicious images of British artist Brendan McCarthy, it’s a pleasure to report I don’t feel nearly as damaged as I should. Once a regular on 2000AD - where he forged an ahead-of-its-time…

Doug Johnstone - Tombstoning

Doug Johnstone

(4 stars)18 Sep 2006

MYSTERY DRAMA This debut from polymath Doug Johnstone (novelist, journalist, multi-instrumentalist with Fence Collective band Northern Alliance) is a book about returning and reassessing. ‘The past wasn’t a scary place,’ says thirtysomething…

Andy Riley - Loads More Lies to Tell Small Kids

Andy Riley

(4 stars)18 Sep 2006

COMIC ILLUSTRATIONS I suppose anyone who has worked closely with Armando Iannucci, Dylan Moran and Dom Joly must have a naturally devilish streak in them. But only the most brutally callous would imagine a bloodbath involving the Tweenies, have a…

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