In Martin Amis's book Money, published in 1984, the purported author, John Self, refers several times to a book he is reading called Money. Is the latter supposed to be a real book?

I'd love to read something about how modern industry produces all the stuff arounds us: cities, vehicles, household appliances - and everything used for the production, like plastics, metals, and equipment. I did some web searching and surprisingly it yielded nothing about the subject. Management...

In book 3 of The Odyssey, Athena says this to Telemachus after he says that he will never gain her favor (in Robert Fagles' translation): “Telemachus!” Pallas Athena broke in sharply, her eyes afire— “What’s this nonsense slipping through your teeth? It’s light work for a willing god to save a m...