Anything by Martin Amis is worth reading.
Nobody does it better.
At first glance, Beattie's collection of short stories seems a rather bleak affair. Stick with it, though, and glimmers of humor shine through. Despite Boyle's success as a novelist, his baroque prose style and lawless imagination are better suited to the short story, in which he can cut loose without overwhelming the reader. Which is not to say that Stories isn't somewhat overwhelming. In High Fidelity , Hornby gave us a portrait of a sweet, witty hipster watching his youth fade and looking for love in all the wrong places.