Neruda, Pablo,   1904-1973 <br/><br/>
The Captain's Verses Love Poems / 
Pablo Neruda ; translation by Donald Devenish. 
 - New York :  New Directions,  2013. 
 - 512 pages ;  20 cm 
<br/><br/> "Often referred to as the final volume of Amis's 'London Trilogy'." 
<br/><br/> This darkly satirical novel explores the professional and personal rivalry between two middle-aged writers in 1990s London: Richard Tull, a failed experimental novelist, and Gwyn Barry, his incredibly successful but talentless friend. Consumed by a lethal jealousy, Richard meticulously plots to sabotage Gwyn’s fame and wealth, leading to a series of comedic and tragic failures. Through this bitter competition, Martin Amis delivers a profound meditation on the "information" that comes with age—the realization of one's own mediocrity, the decline of the physical body, and the inevitable approach of death in a vast and indifferent universe. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780811218214 0811221474 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label> / N454c 2013