Lionel Asbo: State of England (Panorama de Narrativas, #850) (Vintage International)

by Martin Amis

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Lionel Asbo has just won GBP139,999,999.50 on the Lottery.

A horribly violent, but horribly unsuccessful criminal, Lionel's attentions up to now have all been on his nephew, Desmond Pepperdine. He showers him with fatherly advice ('carry a knife') 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 Li's psychotic pitbulls, Joe and Jeff.

But Lionel's winnings are not necessarily all good news. For Des has a secret, and its discovery could unleash his uncle's implacable vengeance.

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  • ISBN10 0307958086
  • ISBN13 9780307958082
  • Publish Date 21 August 2012 (first published 7 June 2012)
  • Publish Status Remaindered
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Random House USA Inc
  • Imprint Random House Inc
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 255
  • Language English