Money

Including a new introduction by Lorrie Moore, author of I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home

Originally published in 1984, Money is Martin Amis’s blistering portrait of a world ruled by greed, excess, and the hollow chase for pleasure. At its center is John Self, a wildly successful London commercial director who lives on a steady diet of alcohol, junk food, pornography, prostitues, and reckless spending. He tells himself he’s thriving, but his life is really a blur of impulse and addiction.

When a flashy American filmmaker, Fielding Goodney, invites him to New York to develop his first feature film, John sees a chance to upgrade his fame and fortune. But the trip only magnifies everything already unraveling inside him. As he navigates film deals, new temptations, and the chaos he carries everywhere, John is forced to confront the possibility that his own appetites—not the industry, not the world—may be what finally destroys him.

Darkly funny and brutally honest, Money exposes the seductions and lies of modern success, revealing how easy it is to lose yourself when the world tells you that more is never enough.