The Information
By: by Martin Amis.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harmony Books; Harmony
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
Subjects: Authors -- Fiction; Politicians -- Fiction; Envy -- Fiction; Great Britain -- Fiction
Description: There aren't many ways for one writer to hurt another. Even if the literary world were as hopelessly corrupt as some people like to think it is, a writer cannot seriously damage a rival. This is the unwelcome conclusion reached by Richard Tull, failed novelist, when he contemplates the agonizing success of his best friend (and worst enemy), Gwyn Barry. A scathing review, a scurrilous profile? Such things might hurt Gwyn Barry, but they wouldn't hurt him.

So Richard Tull is obliged to look elsewhere, to the weapons of the outside world - seductions and succubae, hoaxes, mind games, frame-ups, sabotage - until at last Richard finds what he is looking for: a true professional, someone who hurts people in exchange for cash.