Martin Amis






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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avg rating: 3.61 | 10,672 ratings | 1,138 reviews | 48 distinct works | 38 fans
Time's Arrow Time's Arrow
by Martin Amis
avg rating 3.80 — 1,528 ratings — published 1992
17 editions
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London Fields London Fields
by Martin Amis
avg rating 3.84 — 1,180 ratings — published 1989
16 editions
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Money Money
by Martin Amis
avg rating 3.70 — 1,082 ratings — published 1985
10 editions
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The Rachel Papers The Rachel Papers
by Martin Amis
avg rating 3.55 — 1,020 ratings — published 1973
14 editions
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The Information The Information
by Martin Amis
avg rating 3.61 — 656 ratings — published 1995
17 editions
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Night Train Night Train
by Martin Amis
avg rating 3.20 — 594 ratings — published 1997
19 editions
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Dead Babies Dead Babies
by Martin Amis
avg rating 3.32 — 563 ratings — published 1975
8 editions
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House of Meetings House of Meetings
by Martin Amis
avg rating 3.44 — 447 ratings — published 2007
9 editions
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Experience: A Memoir Experience: A Memoir
by Martin Amis
avg rating 3.89 — 344 ratings — published 2000
12 editions
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Success 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)
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"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)
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"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)
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