Books
by Martin Amis
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Experience |
Vivid memoir of love, loss, dental trauma, and life in the shadow of the author's father, Kingsley. Typically intelligent, though at times perhaps more self-conscious than self-aware, Amis clearly delights in demonstrating his command of English and employs extensive footnotes to (admittedly) good structural effect. Compelling, candid, witty and occasionally irritating, this book kept me up late and has propelled Kingsley's Letters to the top of my must-read list.
(Siobhan Thomson - bwl 14 July 2002) |
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Experience |
Amis writes about his route from precocious school-boy through to established novelist and father of three (or is it five?). He offers a fond insight into Kingsley's work and life, the family's relationship with him, their mother, and many friends (e.g. Philip Larkin, Saul Bellow). Also a lot about teeth, inevitably. It's a delight to read about people with such a love of words and, although Amis sometimes tends towards self-mythology, who can blame him?
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 27 December 2004) |
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