Fame envy lust violence intrigues literary and criminaltheyre all herein <strong>The Information</strong>. How does one writer hurt another writer? This is theq... » 

Fame envy lust violence intrigues literary and criminaltheyre all herein The Information. How does one writer hurt another writer? This is thequestion novelist Richard Tull mills over for his friend Gwyn Barry has becomea darling of book buyers award committees and TV interviewers even as Tullhimself sinks deeper into the subbasement of literary failure. The only wayout of this predicament Tull believes is the plot the demise of Barry.With The Information Amis delivers a portrait of middleage realignment withmore verbal felicity and unbridled reach than anyone since Tom Wolfe forgedBonfire of the Vanities.Houston Chronicle «