Lionel Asbo
Subtitle: State of England
By: Martin Amis
Publisher: Windsor; Paragon
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
Number of pages: 445
ISBN-13: 9781471324789; 9781471324796; 9781471324793
Subjects: Guardian and ward; Fiction; Hoodlums; Lottery winners; Social life and customs; Manners and customs
Description: "Lionel Asbo - a very violent but not very successful young criminal - is going about his morning duties in a London prison when he learns that he has just won GBP139,999,999.50 on the National Lottery. This is not necessarily good news for his ward and nephew, the orphaned Des Pepperdine, who still has reason to fear his uncle's implacable vengeance" -- p [4] of cover.
Notes: Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2012.