Einstein's Monsters: Martin Amis

An ex-circus strongman, veteran of Warsaw, 1939, and Notting Hill rough-justice artist, meets his own personal holocaust and `Einsteinian` destiny; maximum boredom and minimum love-making are advised in a 2020 epidemic; a virulent new strain of schizophrenia overwhelms the young son of a `father of the nuclear age`; evolution takes a rebarbative turn in a Kafkaesque love story; and the history of the earth is frankly discussed by one who has witnessed it all.

The stories in this collection form a unity and reveal a deep preoccupation: `"Einstein`s Monsters" refers to nuclear weapons but also to ourselves,` writes Amis in his enlightening introductory essay, `We are Einstein`s monsters: not fully human, not for now.`