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Amis was born on 25 August 1949 at Radcliffe Maternity Hospital in Oxford, England. [8] His father, novelist Kingsley Amis, was the son of a mustard manufacturer's clerk from Clapham, London; [4] his mother, Kingston upon Thames-born Hilary ("Hilly") Ann Bardwell, [9] was the daughter of a Ministry of Agriculture civil servant.
Money: A Suicide Note is a 1984 novel by Martin Amis.In 2005, Time included the novel in its "100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present". [1] The novel is based on Amis's experience as a script writer on the feature film Saturn 3, a Kirk Douglas vehicle.
Martin Amis (1949–2023), Dead Babies; Valerie Anand (1937–2007), historical fiction; Julie Andrews (born 1935) Sam Angus (born 1967), children's historical novels; Charlotte Anley (1796–1893), didactic novelist; Evelyn Anthony (1926–2018) Lisa Appignanesi (born 1946) Jeffrey Archer (born 1940) Philip Ardagh (born 1961) Reginald Arkell ...
Martin Amis, best known for a scathing, dazzling trilogy of novels on money-saturated '80s London and the memoir "Experience," died Friday at 73. Martin Amis, acclaimed British novelist and London ...
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Amis's first novel received mixed critical reception. [6] While he was praised by some critics for his "ruthlessly brilliant comedy", [7] he was also taken to task for failing to sufficiently animate any of the other characters besides Charles, making the book merely "an easy-reading, mildly funny series of bed-and-bathroom observations."
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