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Jun 19, 2024 · In this genial interview, Amis recalls his most famous character, Jim Dixon, the protagonist of 'Lucky Jim', and discusses his subsequent writing career, including the novel on which he is ...
Jun 11, 2024 · Literary peers gathered to pay tribute this morning, with the likes of Zadie Smith, Nick Laird, and Ian McEwan contributing to the ceremony, which was held at the same church as the memorial of Amis’ father, author Kingsley Amis.
Jun 11, 2024 · Martin Amis (born August 25, 1949, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England—died May 19, 2023, Lake Worth, Florida, U.S.) was an English satirist known for his virtuoso storytelling technique and his dark views of contemporary English society. As a youth, Amis, the son of the novelist Kingsley Amis, thrived literarily on a permissive home ...
Jun 12, 2024 · All that Kingsley Amis, Martin’s father, said about Brown, was “Nice tits.” Amis’s son, Louis Amis, revealed his father was a ‘glory-hunter’, frantically switching allegiances between top football teams.
Jun 11, 2024 · There’s an old Kingsley Amis ditty: Death has this much to be said for it: You don’t have to get out of bed for it. Wherever you happen to be. They bring it to you – free. It came to mind on...
Jun 11, 2024 · An esteemed crowd was drawn to Trafalgar Square yesterday for the memorial of novelist Martin Amis, who died last year aged 73. Titans of literature, journalism and theatre spoke at the...
Jun 12, 2024 · The Martin Amis community, from Anna Wintour to Julian Barnes, had filed in to Handel, and perched on their pews beneath the vaulting neoclassical ceiling, as Martin had done for his father Kingsley’s memorial here in 1996. But as light poured in the East Window, laughter filled the church.
