“This attraction to difficulty” – The Rub of Time by Martin Amis

"Amis continues this concern with the duplicitous nature of language that inadvertently seems split between exploring notions of ‘communion’ and ‘communication’. At the outset and simplified, communion appears to mean ‘good’ literature, which in Amis’ world is Saul Bellow, Vladimir Nabokov and other white male writers. Communication is then a lesser form of language apparent in the sloganeering rigidness of politicians like Mitt Romney and Jeremy Corbyn" - Liam Bishop reviews The Rub of Time by Martin Amis

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