In this comprehensive collection of essays, Martin Amis tackles such diverse subjects as Elvis, Margaret Thatcher, Andy Warhol, the Guinness Book of Records, Abraham Lincoln, poker, chess, and American movies. He also comments pungently on a variety of literary works, including PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, DON QUIXOTE, ULYSSES, LOLITA, and the writers Philip Larkin, John Updike, Elmore Leonard, and Gore Vidal.