Success

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Success is a darkly comic novel by Martin Amis that explores themes of identity, envy, and social mobility through the contrasting fortunes of two foster brothers.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Martin Amis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception generally positive ⓘ
exploresContrastBetween public image and private reality ⓘ
social privilege and marginalization ⓘ
wealth and poverty ⓘ
followsWorkByAuthor Dead Babies ⓘ
genre comic novel ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ
hasISBN 0224015880 ⓘ
hasMotif performance of identity ⓘ
reversal of fortune ⓘ
role-playing ⓘ
hasTheme class ⓘ
envy ⓘ
identity ⓘ
self-deception ⓘ
sexual jealousy ⓘ
social mobility ⓘ
success and failure ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod late 20th century literature ⓘ
literaryStyle dense wordplay ⓘ
verbal exuberance ⓘ
mainCharacter Gregory Riding ⓘ
Terence Service ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
narrativeForm first-person narrative ⓘ
notableFor satire of class and success culture in Britain ⓘ
use of dual unreliable narrators ⓘ
partOf Martin Amis bibliography ⓘ
precedesWorkByAuthor Other People ⓘ
protagonistRelationship foster brothers ⓘ
publicationYear 1978 ⓘ
publisher Jonathan Cape ⓘ
setting London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
settingPeriod 1970s ⓘ
structure alternating diary entries ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
tone darkly comic ⓘ
ironic ⓘ
satirical ⓘ

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Martin Amis → notableWork → Success ⓘ
The Posies → notableWork → Success ⓘ
Oneida → notableWork → Success ⓘ