AMIS, Martin. Time's Arrow, or The Nature of the Offence. London: Jonathan Cape. 1991. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Publisher’s grey cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket. This copy signed without dedication by the author to half-title. A fine copy, the cloth clean and bright, the binding tight, square and unread, the contents fine. The dust jacket unclipped and complete.
A sharp example of Amis’ seventh novel—bizarrely, his only novel to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It follows the life of a German doctor during the Holocaust via a reverse chronology, i.e. instead of ending lives, the protagonist is seen to save lives, which is as much cunning as it is gimmicky. In his insightful afterword, Amis reveals Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five as inspiration for the idea, alongside various non-fiction books on the role of German doctors during the Holocaust.
AMIS, Martin. Time's Arrow, or The Nature of the Offence. London: Jonathan Cape. 1991. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Publisher’s grey cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket. This copy signed without dedication by the author to half-title. A fine copy, the cloth clean and bright, the binding tight, square and unread, the contents fine. The dust jacket unclipped and complete.
A sharp example of Amis’ seventh novel—bizarrely, his only novel to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It follows the life of a German doctor during the Holocaust via a reverse chronology, i.e. instead of ending lives, the protagonist is seen to save lives, which is as much cunning as it is gimmicky. In his insightful afterword, Amis reveals Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five as inspiration for the idea, alongside various non-fiction books on the role of German doctors during the Holocaust.
