My Martin Amis

"When you don't win The Booker, you know it's alright, because Amis didn't either." Kevin Power

"I wish Amis's Substack was landing in my inbox today." George Monaghan and Nicholas Harris

"Amis's talent was to put words to things in ways both unobvious and inevitable." David Szalay

"Every page of London Fields has a sense of an author in absolute command." Rob Doyle

"I went to pick him up at Manchester Piccadilly Station and...he was doing pilates." John McAuliffe and Ian McGuire

"Amis wrote with precision of judgement, of observation, and with great linguistic ingenuity."

"I hope writers today can rediscover the verve and energy of Martin Amis." Ross Barkan

"The Zone of Interest records the greatest phraselet in the English language." Vincenzo Barney.

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"Martin Amis had a great mind, and I went into a little part of it to adapt Night Train."

"He opened the door, holding three darts. Amis was quite mischievous."

"Martin Amis makes you alive to the possibilities of prose." David Patrikarakos

"Amis's prose is sparkling, relatable, aspirational, and authentic." Simon Parkin

"Amis is one of the best writers of dialogue." John Niven

"When he died, I was distraught. Only Amis could have that effect on me." Will Lloyd

"Reading Money was like hearing The Clash for the first time." Graham Caveney

"Amis is at his best when he leans into his fears." Leo Robson

"Amis is at his best when he leans into his fears." Leo Robson

"Reading Martin Amis makes you feel funnier, cleverer, more insightful." Alys Denby