Success Av Martin Amis

<p><b>''A terrifying, painfully funny Swiftian exercise in moral disgust'' <i>Observer</i></b><br><br>Smooth-talking, sensual and self-deluded, Gregory Riding leads an existence of formidable foppishness, his days and nights a series of effortless, titillating conquests and tireless sex - sister, employers, acquaintances are but co-stars among a cast of thousands to have passed through his busy bed. Meanwhile, Gregory''s foster brother, Terry, has to make do with the leavings as he trawls through life in a miasma of grief, burdened by an unmentionable past and the unlikelihood of ever having a good time in bed. <br><br>But when <i>Success</i> swivels her capricious gaze roles are reversed with and the Riding brothers find their lives dramatically changed.<br><br><b> ¿An instantly recognizable voice, penetrating, loquacious, slightly hysterical, upsetting, rising above the basso pseudo-profundo babble of his competitors like filed fingernails scraping down glass¿ <i>Sunday Times</i></b>