In this first biography of Martin Amis, Richard Bradford finds two kinds of parallels “intriguing”, “fascinating” or, at the very least, “worth noting”. First, there are the resemblances between ...

In this colorful, though ultimately unsatisfying biography, University of Ulster English professor Bradford (Lucky Him: The Life of Kingsley Amis), recounts the life of British novelist Martin Amis.

In a book he dubs "novelized biography," Martin Amis offers his Inside Story on love, loss, and mortality, while Don DeLillo confronts the perils of the modern world (and what happens without it) in ...

Since author and philosopher Christopher Hitchens died about 15 months ago, Martin Amis has become a sort of oral biographer of the man. Amis, the award-winning author of 13 novels over a 30-year ...

Here’s the quick summary: Richard Bradford pairs high gossip with slightly fawning, often reductionist literary analysis; both parts sloppily written—but the high gossip, for those who like that sort ...

Almost 1,000 pages on the life and work of Kingsley Amis? Surely a mistake, says current opinion in this country, where his books are mostly out of print and his son gets the publicity. But for all ...