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"Superb. . . . Amis's readers will be delighted by this return to form. . . . If beauty has gone out of the world, it has just reentered literature through this strange, sparkling novel." --The New York Review of Books "Fine and hilarious. . . . Amis at his absolute and unique best." --The Economist
"Like Joyce and Nabokov, Amis trades in mysteries, in riddles, in revelations half-offered in quasi-cryptic language. . . . Sentence by sentence, Amis still writes some of the keenest prose in English today." --The New Republic "Amis's best book in fifteen years. . .nakedly, brazenly, devotedly about sex. . . . A nearly perfect comic novel." --New York Magazine
"Insightful. . . . If you like your novels bracing and unvarnished, don't pass this one up." --People
"Amis is back in fine form, riffing brilliantly on sex, beauty, age and the aftermath of social revolution." --"What We're Reading," NPR.org "Amis has still got it. . . . Along with Tom Wolfe and Hunter S. Thompson, Amis is one of the true original voices to come along in the last 40 years." --Graydon Carter, The New York Times Book Review "This is what has always made Amis a writer worth reading: his ability to dramatize the sense of sadness and regret at the heart of his limited men." --The Boston Globe
"Amis is a terrific comic writer, and many of his observations are amusingly relevant." --The Miami Herald "Funny, clever and knowing. . . . It delivers fantastic enjoyment." --Mail on Sunday (London) "Close to a masterpiece. . . . Hilarious, often wonderfully perceptive, uncompromisingly ambitious and written by a great master of the English language. In a time when many of our novelists are hedging their bets, Amis is gloriously undaunted." --Financial Times
"Classic Amis. . . . One must read The Pregnant Widow for its evocation of youth without innocence, and of the sexual revolution's 'tingle of license' where words--not just bodies--were liberated." --Time Out New York
"An ambitious, historically-minded project with keen insight and masterly sentences. . . . The Pregnant Widow is a stunning book; it contains within it all that is best in the English novel." --The Millions
"Sumptuous. . . . It is beautifully achieved, cunningly relaxed, and also reveals considerable emotional depth. . . . Moving and humane, The Pregnant Widow also captivates by the accustomed wit and elegance of its style." --The Daily Telegraph (London) "The buzzing sense of fresh, limitless erotic license is captured brilliantly. . . . [Amis] is beginning to write with Old Master assurance on the important subjects." --Aravind Adiga, The Times (London) "Sparkling and pointed. . . . [Amis's] prose in this sex comedy is angular and tart." --The New York Post
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"Like Joyce and Nabokov, Amis trades in mysteries, in riddles, in revelations half-offered in quasi-cryptic language. . . . Sentence by sentence, Amis still writes some of the keenest prose in English today." --The New Republic "Amis's best book in fifteen years. . .nakedly, brazenly, devotedly about sex. . . . A nearly perfect comic novel." --New York Magazine
"Insightful. . . . If you like your novels bracing and unvarnished, don't pass this one up." --People
"Amis is back in fine form, riffing brilliantly on sex, beauty, age and the aftermath of social revolution." --"What We're Reading," NPR.org "Amis has still got it. . . . Along with Tom Wolfe and Hunter S. Thompson, Amis is one of the true original voices to come along in the last 40 years." --Graydon Carter, The New York Times Book Review "This is what has always made Amis a writer worth reading: his ability to dramatize the sense of sadness and regret at the heart of his limited men." --The Boston Globe
"Amis is a terrific comic writer, and many of his observations are amusingly relevant." --The Miami Herald "Funny, clever and knowing. . . . It delivers fantastic enjoyment." --Mail on Sunday (London) "Close to a masterpiece. . . . Hilarious, often wonderfully perceptive, uncompromisingly ambitious and written by a great master of the English language. In a time when many of our novelists are hedging their bets, Amis is gloriously undaunted." --Financial Times
"Classic Amis. . . . One must read The Pregnant Widow for its evocation of youth without innocence, and of the sexual revolution's 'tingle of license' where words--not just bodies--were liberated." --Time Out New York
"An ambitious, historically-minded project with keen insight and masterly sentences. . . . The Pregnant Widow is a stunning book; it contains within it all that is best in the English novel." --The Millions
"Sumptuous. . . . It is beautifully achieved, cunningly relaxed, and also reveals considerable emotional depth. . . . Moving and humane, The Pregnant Widow also captivates by the accustomed wit and elegance of its style." --The Daily Telegraph (London) "The buzzing sense of fresh, limitless erotic license is captured brilliantly. . . . [Amis] is beginning to write with Old Master assurance on the important subjects." --Aravind Adiga, The Times (London) "Sparkling and pointed. . . . [Amis's] prose in this sex comedy is angular and tart." --The New York Post
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- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1400095980
- ISBN 13 9781400095988
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