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Why Does Our Joyless President Never Dance?

The funniest book ever written that P.G. Wodehouse had nothing to do with. The genius is in the headlines, miracles of economy: Rubber Faced Fartsmith is America's Sweetheart; World's Biggest Metaphor Hits Iceberg; Bottom 10% of Graduating Class to Take on Saddam; Mr T unveils "Pity List '86"; Clinton Feels Nation's Pain, Breasts. It is also one of the great histories of twentieth century America, exposing the hyposcrisy of blah blah blah you know how this goes.

Martin Amis

Amis fils is a brilliant writer but a deeply flawed novelist. Money is good, London Fields is frustrating and The Rachel Papers is a (shockingly) young and talented man showing off. However, The War Against Cliché, a collection of his criticism, is remarkable. Penetrating to the heart of everything he talks about, his coruscating prose is remarkably engaging and often hilariously funny. I must have read his reviews of the Guide to World Literature and the Guiness Book of Records a dozen times, and I still giggle like an awestruck schoolgirl.