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18 Feb 2010
(Jonathan Cape) On page 395 of this 465-page endurance test, Martin Amis promises the following from one of his characters: ‘Gloria Beautyman, at least, will be giving us something that Life badly needs. Plot’. Life, Martin – and indeed your latest…
31 Jan 2008
For maximum enjoyment of The Second Plane, readers should ideally possess two things: an ambivalent approach to religion and a rather hefty dictionary. The first because Martin Amis is not, as some people suggest, anti-Muslim, just disparaging of any…
18 Sep 2006
There are few contemporary British authors whose early literary output was received by the critics as like some unstoppable train only for it to veer horrifically off course and wind up crashing and burning in full public glare. He seems to share a…
Adam Ant After coming far from his face-painted days, the 1980s pop star has delivered an autobiography about the business and his battles with depression. Waterstone’s, 128 Princes Street, Edinburgh, 226 2666. 1pm. Free. Tue 26 Sep; Borders Books, 98…
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