Contemporary novelists: british fiction since 1970

Introduction: The Novel Today And Yesterday — Timeline — Martin Ames: Lucre, Love, And Literature — Pat Barker: In The Shadow Of Monstrosities — Julian Barnes: ‘a Mixture Of Genres’ — Angela Carter: The Demythologizing Business — Kazuo Ishiguro: Remain In Dreams — Hanif Kureishi: In Black And White — Ian Mcewan: The Child In Us All — Salman Rushdie: A Long Geographical Perspective — Zadie Smith: Searching For The Inescapable — Graham Swift: Past Present — Irvine Welsh: Sex And Drugs And Violence — Jeanette Winterson: Boundaries And Desire — New Novelists — Conclusion. Peter Childs. Previous Ed.: 2005. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.