Martin Amis
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born
August 25, 1949
gender
male
place of birth
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, The United Kingdom
genre
Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction
about this author
Martin Amis is an English novelist, essayist and short story writer. His works include such novels as London Fields and The Information.
The Guardian writes that "all his critics have noted what Kingsley Amis [his father] complained of as a 'terrible compulsive vividness in his style... that constant demonstrating of his command of English'; and it's true that the Amis-ness of Amis will be recognisable in any piece before he reaches his first full stop."
Amis's raw material is what he sees as the absurdity of the postmodern condition with its grotesque caricatures. He has thus sometimes been portrayed as the undisputed master of what the NY Times has called "the new unpleasantness."
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Time's Arrow by Martin Amis avg rating 3.80 — 1,528 ratings — published 1992 17 editions |
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London Fields by Martin Amis avg rating 3.84 — 1,180 ratings — published 1989 16 editions |
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Money by Martin Amis avg rating 3.70 — 1,082 ratings — published 1985 10 editions |
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The Rachel Papers by Martin Amis avg rating 3.55 — 1,020 ratings — published 1973 14 editions |
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The Information by Martin Amis avg rating 3.61 — 656 ratings — published 1995 17 editions |
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Night Train by Martin Amis avg rating 3.20 — 594 ratings — published 1997 19 editions |
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Dead Babies by Martin Amis avg rating 3.32 — 563 ratings — published 1975 8 editions |
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House of Meetings by Martin Amis avg rating 3.44 — 447 ratings — published 2007 9 editions |
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Experience: A Memoir by Martin Amis avg rating 3.89 — 344 ratings — published 2000 12 editions |
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Success by Martin Amis avg rating 3.58 — 349 ratings — published 1989 10 editions |
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"And meanwhile time goes about its immemorial work of making everyone look and feel like shit."
— Martin Amis (London Fields)
— Martin Amis (London Fields)
"Life is made of fear. Some people eat fear soup three times a day. Some people eat fear soup all the meals there are. I eat it sometimes. When they bring me fear soup to eat, I try not to eat it, I try to send it back. But sometimes I'm too afraid to and have to eat it anyway."
— Martin Amis (Other People)
— Martin Amis (Other People)
"Oh Christ, the exhaustion of not knowing anything. It's so tiring and hard on the nerves. It really takes it out of you, not knowing anything. You're given comedy and miss all the jokes. Every hour you get weaker. Sometimes, as I sit alone in my flat in London and stare at the window, I think how dismal it is, how heavy, to watch the rain and not know why it falls."
— Martin Amis (Money: A Suicide Note)
— Martin Amis (Money: A Suicide Note)
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