Lionel Asbo
state of England
by Martin Amis
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Young Desmond Pepperdine desires nothing more than books to read and a girl to love. Unfortunately for him, he is the ward of his uncle, Lionel Asbo (self-named after England's notorious Anti-Social Behaviour Orders), a terrifying yet oddly principled thug who's determined to teach him the joys of pitbulls (fed with lots of Tabasco sauce), internet porn (me love life) and all manner of more serious criminality. But just as Desmond begins to lead a gentler, healthier life, Lionel wins 140 million pounds in the lottery, hires a public relations firm and begins dating a cannily ambitious topless model and poet. Strangely, however, Lionel remains his vicious, weirdly loyal self, while his problems as well as Desmond's seem only to multiply.
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Lottery winners, Guardian and ward, Hoodlums, Fiction, Social life and customs, Manners and customs, Fiction, satire, Satire, New York Times reviewed, Great britain, social life and customs, fiction, Fiction, coming of age, Guardian and ward--fiction, Hoodlums--fiction, Lottery winners--fiction, Pr6051.m5 l56 2012b, 823.92, Hn 1760Places
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Lionel Asbo: state of England
2013
in English
- First Vintage international edition.
0099565684 9780099565680
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Originally published : London : Jonathan Cape, 2012.
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