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Martin Amis : the biography

Martin Amis's life could itself provide the formula for an enthralling work of fiction. Son of one of the most popular and bestloved novelists of the postWar era, he has forged a groundbreaking manner of writing that owes nothing to the style of his father, nor indeed to anyone else. He relished and recorded the bizarre, turbulent atmosphere of Britain and the US during the 1970s and 80s, arguably the transformative period of the late 20th century. No other contemporary writer has proved so magnetic for the popular press: he has, despite himself, achieved celebrity status. Of late, his reputat.

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  • "Martin Amis's life could itself provide the formula for an enthralling work of fiction. Son of one of the most popular and bestloved novelists of the postWar era, he has forged a groundbreaking manner of writing that owes nothing to the style of his father, nor indeed to anyone else. He relished and recorded the bizarre, turbulent atmosphere of Britain and the US during the 1970s and 80s, arguably the transformative period of the late 20th century. No other contemporary writer has proved so magnetic for the popular press: he has, despite himself, achieved celebrity status. Of late, his reputat."@en
  • "Martin Amis is probably the most famous and controversial author writing today. For this biography Richard Bradford has undertaken numerous interviews with his subject, giving the most complete portrait of this towering literary persona."@en
  • "Explores the life and career of British novelist and world citizen Martin Amis."@en

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  • "Biographie"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Biography"
  • "Biografieën (vorm)"

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  • "Martin Amis : The Biography"
  • "Martin Amis : the biography"@en
  • "Martin Amis : the biography"
  • "Martin Amis the biography"@en