[A character says]". . . I swear, the entire planet seemed to be staging some kind of stupidity contest.'' And it's that point of view that informs all of Einstein's Monsters. . . .A word about Mr. Amis's style: it's rough, new-seeming, laconic, lower-class, insolent, careless. . . .[he] has created stories that please at least as much as they horrify. -- The New York Times,/i>