Time's Arrow Contributor(s): Amis, Martin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679735720 ISBN-13: 9780679735724 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1992 Annotation: In Time's Arrow the doctor Tod T. Friendly dies and then feels markedly better, breaks up with his lovers as a prelude to seducing them, and mangles his patients before he sends them home. And all the while Tod's life races backward toward the one appalling moment in modern history when such reversals make sense. "The narrative moves with irresistible momentum.... [Amis is] a daring, exacting writer willing to defy the odds in pursuit of his art."--"Newsday |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Visionary & Metaphysical - Fiction | Alternative History |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 91051128 |
Series: Vintage International |
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.15" W x 8.14" (0.41 lbs) 176 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In Time's Arrow the doctor Tod T. Friendly dies and then feels markedly better, breaks up with his lovers as a prelude to seducing them, and mangles his patients before he sends them home. And all the while Tod's life races backward toward the one appalling moment in modern history when such reversals make sense. "The narrative moves with irresistible momentum.... Amis is] a daring, exacting writer willing to defy the odds in pursuit of his art."--Newsday |