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'It is 1995. Milan Zorec, an aspiring yet rejected novelist, travels from England to Bosnia to join the Serbian forces as a sniper in Sarajevo, in the final months of the longest siege in history. He's determined to find a story that no publisher will be able to damn with the words, "I feel I've seen this before."
'In doing so Milan journeys from innocence into the slow burning grip of darkness. Among his fellow snipers, the lost souls who make up Ratko Mladic's army, Milan gains the ammunition to write his masterpiece - the novel that hasn't been written before.
'Alternating between London and Sarajevo, I Hate Martin Amis et al is a chilling, blackly humorous novel that will appeal to both lovers of the word and anyone who's fallen short of their ambitions. Peter Barry's stunningly original, award winning debut isn't just about literary failure, though. It's a compelling portrait of the dreamer, and bores down into the very centre of things - why we write, why we read, how we might live in these, the strangest of times.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Dedication: To Paul, Charlotte and Richard
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Epigraph:'I am envy.
I cannot read, and therefore wish all books burned.'
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, Chrisopher Marlowe.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 4 no. 1 2011;
— Review of I Hate Martin Amis et Al 2005 single work novel -
Sniper Rifle Overshadows Pen's Might as Rejected Author Unloads His Frustration
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30-31 July 2011; (p. 32-33)
— Review of I Hate Martin Amis et Al 2005 single work novel -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Voice : A Journal of Comment and Review , June no. 38 2011; (p. 26-28)
— Review of I Hate Martin Amis et Al 2005 single work novel -
Deliverance
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 332 2011; (p. 60)
— Review of I Hate Martin Amis et Al 2005 single work novel -
Rejection Slips Trigger a Killer Reaction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7- 8 May 2011; (p. 22-23)
— Review of I Hate Martin Amis et Al 2005 single work novel
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 90 no. 6 2011; (p. 33)
— Review of I Hate Martin Amis et Al 2005 single work novel -
Empathy Lost amid Misfits and Madmen
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 April 2011; (p. 23)
— Review of I Hate Martin Amis et Al 2005 single work novel -
Rejection Slips Trigger a Killer Reaction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7- 8 May 2011; (p. 22-23)
— Review of I Hate Martin Amis et Al 2005 single work novel -
Deliverance
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 332 2011; (p. 60)
— Review of I Hate Martin Amis et Al 2005 single work novel -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Voice : A Journal of Comment and Review , June no. 38 2011; (p. 26-28)
— Review of I Hate Martin Amis et Al 2005 single work novel -
Perseverance Pays for Aspiring Novelist
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 30 April 2011; (p. 28) Jane Sullivan outlines the long process of re-writing and receiving publisher-rejections endured by Peter Barry in order to find a publisher for his novel I Hate Martin Amis et Al.
Awards
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London,
cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
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Sarajevo,
cBosnia & Herzegovina,ccEx Yugoslavia,cEastern Europe, Europe,
- 1995