Lionel Asbo The State of England Author:Martin Amis Lionel Pepperdine is the ferocious antihero of Martin Amis? latest, who proudly changes his surname legally to ASBO?which stands for “Anti–Social Behavior Order.? When Lionel wins just under a hundred million pounds in the National Lottery, the Lotto Lout is unleashed as a menace to society. Much of the action is seen through the eyes of Lionel'... more »s honest, intelligent, and frighteningly vulnerable mixed–race nephew, Desmond Pepperdine. Desmond has a guilty secret?and powerful reasons to fear his uncle's anger, which he knows to be limitless.« less