Amis
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist, noted for satirical comedy.
Martin, 1949–2023, English novelist, noted for dark comedy: son of Kingsley Amis.
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“You have to be slightly innocent to be a novelist,” Martin Amis has observed.
Mailer’s Letters Pack a Punch and a Surprising Degree of Sweetness | Ronald K. Fried | December 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMartin Amis is not baffled by the modern world; he observes it with precision.
Martin Amis Talks About Nazis, Novels, and Cute Babies | Ronald K. Fried | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo yeah, a lot of the press about Martin Amis is fueled by jealousy.
Martin Amis Talks About Nazis, Novels, and Cute Babies | Ronald K. Fried | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMartin Amis asks as he greets me in the invitingly elegant hallway of his Brooklyn brownstone.
Martin Amis Talks About Nazis, Novels, and Cute Babies | Ronald K. Fried | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMartin Amis: And that was very necessary to have done that, I think.
Martin Amis Talks About Nazis, Novels, and Cute Babies | Ronald K. Fried | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Car les Sauvages ayans encore de la reverence aux sepultures de leurs peres & Amis, le vouloient porter au Cap de Sable 40.
Dans le bonheur de nos meilleurs Amis nous trouvons souvent quelque chose qui ne nous plaît pris entièrement.
A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker | Frederick LockerThe F. text has 'Amis ot non'; so that 'Freend' is here a proper name.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerAs he said to Helvetius, "Vous tes brouill avec tous ceux que vous avez oblig, mais j'ai gard tous mes Amis."
Baron d'Holbach | Max Pearson CushingAccordingly in 1771 an amalgamation of all the masonic groups was effected at the new lodge of the Amis Réunis.
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements | Nesta H. Webster
British Dictionary definitions for Amis
/ (ˈeɪmɪs) /
Sir Kingsley . 1922–95, British novelist and poet, noted for his novels Lucky Jim (1954), Jake's Thing (1978), Stanley and the Women (1984), The Old Devils (1986), and The Folks that Live on the Hill (1990)
his son, Martin. born 1949, British novelist. His works include The Rachel Papers (1974), Money (1984), London Fields (1989), The Information (1994), Yellow Dog (2003), and Lionel Asbo: State of England (2012)
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