Riding the Rap, by Elmore Leonard (reviewed in The New York Times Book Review, : 7) very funny, very honest, and ridiculously gripping"- The Observer, 1 December 1991: 28). This is a family memoir that has the breadth of the most enduring social history"- The Observer, 1 December 1991: 28). Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, by Jung Chang (". sheer braininess"- The Observer, 1 December 1991: 28). The Quantity Theory of Insanity, by Will Self ("I admired turbulent comedy. Vladimir Nabokov: Novels 1969-1974: Ada or Ardor : A Family Chronicle, Transparent Things, Look at the Harlequins! (Library of America, 89)Ĭollected Poems, by Peter Porter ("humour again playing its critical part amid the complexity and pain"- The Observer, 4 December 1983: 25). Vladimir Nabokov: Novels 1955-1962: Lolita, Pnin, Pale Fire, Lolita : A Screenplay (Library of America, 88) Vladimir Nabokov: Novels and Memoirs 1941-1951 : The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Bend Sinister, Speak, Memory an Autobiography Revisited (Library) Lolita(Everyman edition with introduction by Amis) ![]() Books favorably reviewed or recommended by Amis, 1983-present (click on the title to purchase the book from ):Īmis's personal list of the best Nabokov, in rank order (from his 15 April 1999 talk " Nabokov and Literary Greatness"):
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