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Martin Amis: The Biography() is the first biography of one of Britain's pre-eminent novelists of the late-twentieth century.

Famous as much for his lifestyle as for his literary achievements, Martin Amisis a hugely provocative and controversial writer, and bridges the gap between popular culture and literary writing in a way that few, if any, authors have done in the past.

Moreover, this fascinating biography discloses the autobiographical thread that runs through Amis's books.

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Richard Bradford's biography is a mostly reliable guide through Martin Amis's best novels, but lacks an instinctive feeling for their.

Sir Martin Louis Amis FRSL (25 August – 19 May ) was an English novelist, essayist, memoirist, screenwriter and critic.

Richard Bradford is Research Professor in English at Ulster University and Visiting Professor at the University of Avignon, France.

Following on from his well received biography of Kingsley Amis, Richard Bradfordwas tasked with tackling the fascinating life of Amis Jnr. Indeed, if anything, Bradford's intimate knowledge of Amis snr. is a hindrance, seeping, redundantly, into the work too often.

Overall though, Bradford aims to deliver a biography firmly based on an exploration of Martin&#;s fiction, carefully correlating Amis&#;s experience with the characters and tone of his novels.

Having written his own autobiography, Experience, in there is very little new information about Martin's personal life in Bradford's biography; its true st