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)
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“People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children’s book,” Martin Amis told the BBC in 2011.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Famously, Barnes fell out with Amis, who he'd known since they worked together as journalists at the New Statesman in the 1970s, after Amis ditched Kavanagh as his agent.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
The winner of the international feature award was “The Zone of Interest,” written and directed by Jonathan Glazer, adapted from the novel by Martin Amis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
It appears on book covers by everyone from Jane Austen to William Faulkner to Martin Amis, but naming specific examples is a silly exercise.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
All new students at Les Amis Des Vieux Maitres were requested to fill out questionnaire forms and to enclose photographs of themselves.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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