2: Writer MARTIN AMIS, author of The Information (Harmony Books). The book is about rivalry in the literary world, which some have said parallels AMIS' own life. Britain's literary world was shocked when AMIS demanded a half-million pound advance on The Information, supposedly to pay for his divorce and costly dental work, and then dumped his long-time agent, who was also the wife of his best friend. The New York Times has called The Information "an uncompromising and highly ambitious novel that should also be a big popular hit." REV 1: Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews Scott Spencer's new book, Men In Black (
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