page 5: When you become old… When you become old, you find yourself auditioning for the role of a lifetime; then, after interminable rehearsals, you’re finally starring in a horror flim – a talentless, irresponsible, and above all low-budget horror film, in which (as is the way with horror films) they’re saving the worst for last.
page 27: The dogs in the valley barked. And the dogs in the village, not to be outdone, barked back.
page 30: Aren’t they nice, the young? They’ve stayed up till dawn for two years drinking instant coffee together, and now they’re opinionated – they have opinions.
page 67: Keith dropped his head and gazed at the grainy murk in the bottom of his coffee cup. There was something in him that wasn’t there before. It was born when Lily said the word desperate.
It was hope.
Copyright © 2010 by Martin Amis
Cover design: Chip Kidd
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