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The Amis papers is a podcast reviewing Martin Amis's fiction one book at a time, from the Rachel Papers to Inside Story , and Kingsley Amis's fiction from Lucky Jim to The Biographer's Moustache . The podcast is hosted by Martin Locock, a poet and author, who likes most of the Amis's work.
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A quick update while I'm preparing the episode covering Jake's Thing. News about the Cambridge Companion to Martin Amis, just published and a My Martin Amis event in London. And then a recording of me reading some of my
Amis's foray into speculative fiction examines an alternative history in which England remains Catholic, the Papacy retains its hegemony, and young Hubert Anvil's soprano voice is so exceptional that his elders and bette
Five old people live in Tuppenny Halfpenny Cottage and spend their time dealing with health problems, the prospect of death, and their irritating housemates. A black comedy which leaves few characters from its aim (apart
In 1936, among the residents of the modest houses of Riverside Villas is 14 year old Peter Furneaux, obsessed by model aircraft, jazz and the mysterious world of sex. Amis builds a murder mystery around an evocation of v
A morality tale set in late 60s London, often praised as a satire of young people these days and their older cheerleaders, but in fact an exploration of Henri de Montherlant's philosophy of the self-sufficient man who on
One of Amis's best novels, worth reading, and worth reading unspoiled. Maurice Allington, alcoholic and adulterer, runs a country pub near Cambridge abounding in ghosts and the presence of the supernatural entity the Gre
Amis presents a fairy tale in which a Sleeping Beauty is saved by love, dressed up as a satire of the ultra rich and 1960s talk shows. Ronnie Appleyard, ambitious and selfish, meets Simona Quick, listless heiress, and st
This episode looks at Amis's contributions to the James Bond literature - Colonel Sun , his continuation of the Fleming series, set in the Greek islands, and a critical review of Fleming's work as a whole. I discuss whet
A change in approach, with a sort-of thriller in the near future, following an experimental army unit preparing to use a secret and terrible weapon. But much of the story is about love, and Amis abandons irony while expl
What is the Metropolitan Egyptological Society and why does it discourage public and media enquiries? It is impossible to answer this question without spoilers so I've included a warning at the point where all is reveale
The adventures, mainly amorous, of Roger Micheldene, soaked in sin, fat, rude, and angry, in suburban America, as he tries to persuade Helene Bangs to leave her husband for him. Many readers mistake the target for the sa
Kingsley Amis's longest, and some say his best, novel, recounts the tortuous relationship of innocent Jenny Bunn and lascivious Patrick Standish as they negotiate societal mores and personal boundaries in a pre-Pill worl
Amis complains about going abroad and foreigners (and expats) while his main ire is aimed at the literature tradition of English writers imbuing Mediterranean cultures with a deep understanding inaccessible to those with
The tale of 'Unlucky John', trapped in an unsatisfying job and home life in Swansea, offered an escape route through an affair with a bored wife and her hard-partying friends. In this episode I discuss the parallels with
A detailed look at Kingsley Amis’s first published novel, covering the role of luck, whether as an Angry Young Man he wants systematic change or just a better place for himself, and the characteristic KA internal monolog
Moving onto the work of Kingsley Amis, some recommendations on where to start ( Lucky Jim and The Old Devils ), a discussion of his biography and political development, and the value of his work as a social history of th
Martin Amis's final collected journalism volume has its interesting moments, including a tempering of his love of Nabokov, doubts about Jeremy Corbyn, and thoughts on Larkin and Germany, which I contrast with Barbara Pym
We reach Amis's last book, an exercise in autofiction that combines autobiography, a discussion of Philip Larkin's politics and love life, moving accounts of the deaths of Christopher Hitchens and Saul Bellow, and a fict
Amis's contribution to the Careers Fair of Auschwitz stays mainly with the guards, exploring the lives and morals of those engaged in delivering the Final Solution. I discuss why Shakespeare and Auden seem out of place,
Another attempt at a state-of-the-nation comic novel, but this time feeling detached, as if Amis is no longer up to date with British society. In this discussion I refer to "Who let the dogs out?" by the Baha Men, Evelyn
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