Amis
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Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist, noted for satirical comedy.
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Martin, 1949–2023, English novelist, noted for dark comedy: son of Kingsley Amis.
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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)
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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)
Example Sentences
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This is Amis at his nastiest and best, skewering a world he knew intimately.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
Written and directed by Jonathan Glazer, based on a novel by Martin Amis.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023
Loosely based on the 2014 novel by Martin Amis, its focus on the banality of evil poses difficult questions about how seemingly ordinary people can be involved in committing such evil acts.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2023
Written and directed by Glazer, the movie is loosely based on the 2014 novel by Martin Amis with the same title.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2023
The next few days were horribly suspenseful, but before the week was out, a letter came from M. Yoshoto accepting me as an instructor at Les Amis Des Vieux Maîtres.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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