{"product_id":"success-9781250358707","title":"Success","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNewly reissued for the modern reader, Martin Amis's \u003ci\u003eSuccess\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a terrifying, painfully funny, Swiftian exercise in moral disgust\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFoster brothers Terence Service and Gregory Riding could not be more different from one another--Terry \"a quivering condom of neurosis and ineptitude\" and Greg a \"bundle of contempt, vanity and stock-response.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter the shocking killing of Terry's child sister, he is taken in by the aristocratic and wealthy Riding family and introduced to his new foster brother and sister, Greg and Ursula. As adults, the two boys unhappily share a tiny apartment in London. Greg spends his days tormenting Terry and engaging in plenty of messy, meaningless sex, while Terry suffers through a dead-end job and exists wholly in his brother's cold and looming shadow, licking his wounds from a lifetime of romantic and social failures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold throughout the course of one year in Terry and Greg's lives, \u003ci\u003eSuccess \u003c\/i\u003eshows just how fickle luck can be, and how quickly one's life can be totally, horribly changed. With caustic, searing prose, \u003ci\u003eSuccess \u003c\/i\u003eis a firecracker revenge story for the ages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10781261\"\u003eMartin Amis\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.23h x 5.52w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250358707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250358701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC052000\"\u003eSatire\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Amis\u003c\/b\u003e (1949-2023) was a British novelist and critic. His work includes fifteen novels, among them \u003ci\u003eMoney\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e London Fields\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Information\u003c\/i\u003e; two collections of short stories; five books of essays; and the acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eExperience\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48456941895917,"sku":"9781250358707","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_0b226381-83cb-447e-8236-8d8e75ca109e.jpg?v=1753573768","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/success-9781250358707","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}